Overview
- A coach and a truck collided near the Akhisar motorway entrance in Manisa province, leaving 11 people dead and 27 injured.
- Two of the injured were reported to be in critical condition and the remainder were treated on scene or taken to nearby hospitals.
- Turkish media say the truck may have been driving the wrong way, a claim officials have not yet confirmed as they probe the crash.
- Hürriyet reported both the bus and truck drivers survived and were provisionally detained while prosecutors and police investigate.
- Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci and Manisa Governor Vahdettin Özkan offered condolences and called for stricter adherence to traffic rules as emergency teams and investigators work at the site.