Twenty-four people were killed and hundreds injured when a train packed with weekend passengers derailed in northwest Turkey due to ground erosion after heavy rains, officials say.
The train, which was carrying 362 passengers, was traveling from the Edirne region on the Greek and Bulgarian borders to Istanbul’s Halkali station on Sunday when six carriages derailed in the Tekirdag region.
Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag says 24 people died, in a sharp rise from the previous toll of 10.
The state-run Anadolu news agency quotes Akdag as saying search operations through the derailed train carriages were completed this morning.
Health Minister Ahmet Demircan says 318 people required treatment after the accident, with 124 still hospitalized.
Regional prosecutors have opened an investigation, with the two train drivers and three other railway workers summoned to give statements, Anadolu says.
The transport ministry says that the train derailed because recent heavy downpours caused the ground beneath the track to erode away.
— AFP
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