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Twenty-four people were killed and dozens wounded when a pbadenger train derailed in the Tkerdag region of northwestern Turkey, according to a new report announced by Deputy Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
According to the Anatolian agency Akdag said that searches ended Monday morning in the train.
The train was carrying over 360 pbadengers and left the Kaby region on the Turkish border to go to Istanbul when six vehicles emerged.
Turkish public television reported that more than 100 ambulances had been sent to the scene.
The Turkish Army announced in a statement that it had sent helicopters to the scene.
Television images showed several oblique train carts, while the wounded were carried on stretchers while rescuers were working in the wreckage.
Tekirdag District Governor, Mohamed Gilan, said the incident "was due to bad weather," noting that there was " a large number of wounded and dead ". .
The area surrounding the scene was reported to be muddy due to recent rains and the ground under the tracks could have fallen somewhat, which would have left the track.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was briefed on the situation and offered his condolences to the families of the victims, reported the Anatolia News Agency.
Erdogan said that all state institutions "use every means available to help," according to a statement issued by the presidency, and pledged to conduct a thorough investigation into "l & # 39; 39, tragic incident ".
For its part, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement that the authorities had confirmed that due to heavy rains, the ground had folded under the bars, causing the train to derail.
Transportation Minister Ahmed Arslan was about to visit the site.
Later, the Turkish audio-visual authority said that the government had temporarily banned the dissemination of images on the scene.
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