{"id":83399,"date":"2017-05-13T19:34:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T14:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=83399"},"modified":"2017-05-13T19:34:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T14:04:31","slug":"20-dead-12-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/20-dead-12-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"20 dead 12 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 20 people died and 11 were injured Saturday when a bus carrying Turkish tourists plunged off a road near the southwestern sea resort of Marmaris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Sadly, we have had 20 fatalities and 11 other seriously injured,&#8221; said Amir Cicek, the governor of Mugla province, who said the bus was carrying about 40 people, many of whom were women.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83400 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/000e0b57-800.jpg\" alt=\"20 dead 12 injured \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/000e0b57-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/000e0b57-800-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/000e0b57-800-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The accident occurred in a hilly road and the bus plunged into a precipice after smashing through the crash barrier.Television reports showed that the bus landed on a lower section of the road, and Cicek told media that an investigation was underway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The bus`s brakes may have malfunctioned,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83402 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/d820449b-e3fa-4994-b554-8071180e6459.jpg\" alt=\"20 dead 12 injured \" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Hurriyet newspaper quoted Marmaris mayor Ali Acar as indicating an &#8220;error by the driver&#8221;, without giving further details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other media outlets reported that the bus left from the western city of Izmir carrying only women and children who were on a trip for Mothers` Day, celebrated in Turkey on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marmaris is one of the country`s main resorts on the Mediterranean, and a popular weekend destination for many Turks as temperatures climb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 20 people died and 11 were injured Saturday when a bus carrying Turkish tourists plunged off a road near the southwestern sea resort of Marmaris. &#8220;Sadly, we have had 20 fatalities and 11 other seriously injured,&#8221; 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