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Twenty-four people were killed and hundreds wounded when a crowded train of weekend pbadengers derailed in northwestern Turkey because of soil erosion after strong rains, announced Monday
the train carrying 362 pbadengers. The Edirne region, at the Greek and Bulgarian borders, reached the Halkali station in Istanbul, six cars derailed in the Tekirdag region.
Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag said 24 people had lost their lives. The official Anadolu news agency said that Akdag had said that the derailment operations had been completed Monday morning.
Health Minister Ahmet Demircan said 318 people had to be treated after the accident and 124 remained hospitalized. have opened an investigation, with the two train drivers and three other railway workers summoned to make statements, said Anadolu. Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan said the latest checks on rails had been carried out in April, reported Anadolu.
The Hurriyet newspaper, including the Hurriyet newspaper, published photos showing that the erosion had been so bad that part of the runway had been in the air and that it was not clear. there was no more ground to support it
The train derailed outside the village of Sarilar in the Corlu district of Tekirdag
– "All means available" –
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his condolences to those who lost their lives in the accident that he said have "profoundly upset the entire nation".
The accident, one of the worst railway disasters of Turkey in recent years, threat It is planned to cast a shadow over a lavish ceremony scheduled Monday in Ankara to mark the inauguration Erdogan in view of a new presidential term and the transition to a new government system
Erdogan said that all state institutions "use all means available for" help ", promising that there would be a thorough investigation on "the tragic accident", said the presidency.
The Turkish audio-visual authority RTUK later stated that the government had issued a temporary ban on to broadcast images of the scene
The Turkish authorities of Erdogan have in recent years sought to modernize Turkey's formerly dilapidated rail network by constructing several high-speed interurban lines.
Turkish pbadengers generally prefer to take airplanes or buses for intercity travel, but that has changed with the new high-speed lines.
The train involved in the accident appeared to be one of the slowest pbadenger trains that operated on a single lane.
In January 2008, nine people were killed when a train derailed in the Kutahya region south of Istanbul due to defective railroad tracks.
In July 2004, a high-speed train derailed in the northwestern province of Sakarya.
A train derailed in northwestern Turkey due to soil erosion after heavy rains. 9659024] Map of Turkey locating the Tekirdag area, where 24 people died Sunday while a train was bound with weekend pbadengers
Rescuers help injured people after a train accident in the district of Corlu in Tekirdag
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