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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
ANKARA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — A minibus carrying seasonal farm workers skidded off the road and fell into a ravine in central Turkey's Sivas province on Tuesday, killing four people and injuring 18 others, including four in critical condition.
According to local television channel NTV, the accident occurred at around 05:00 local time /02:00 GMT/ near the village of Sharkey on the Geminbeli Pass in the Sushehri region.
The driver reportedly lost control of the minibus on a mountain road while transporting farm workers from Sanliurfa province to Ordu province, where they were heading to harvest the annual hazelnut crop.
After receiving a signal about the accident, ambulance crews, firefighters, emergency response services and Turkish gendarmerie forces were promptly dispatched to the scene.
An investigation into the cause of the tragedy is underway. –0–
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