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UPDATE July 9, 8:00 am The death toll has reached 24. The causes of the railway accident are not yet clear, but the tragedy is most likely due to adverse weather conditions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a message of condolence. Russian media sources say that among the passengers involved in the train crash, there are also Russian tourists.
UPDATE 20:50. 10 people lost their lives and 73 others were injured as a result of the derailment of the passenger train in the Turkish region of Tekirdag (north-west), the Turkish TV channel TRT Haber, citing the Ministry of Health of the country
The train, carrying 360 passengers, was coming from Kapikule, on the Bulgarian border, and was heading for Istanbul when its six cars derailed
More than 100 ambulances were sent to the scene of the accident According to the source quoted
Thus, five cars have rolled off the rail in northwestern Turkey, but there is no official record of the dead and wounded.
The office of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the Minister of Transport and the Interior had informed the Chief of State of the accident
] Emergency crews, including helicopters, who received first aid to the wounded, as shown on Facebook images, which show several overturned cars and wounded passengers
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