Overview
- In Osmaniye province, Turkey, a passenger bus struck a truck traveling the same direction, leaving six dead and 11 injured, with rescuers freeing passengers trapped in the bus.
- Turkish emergency teams sent fire, medical, police and gendarmerie units to the scene, and the injured were transported to local hospitals for treatment.
- In Russia’s Rostov region, a VAZ 2114 collided head-on with a VAZ 2107 after a reported unsafe overtaking maneuver, killing the VAZ 2114 driver and injuring five people including a child born in 2022.
- On China’s G30 expressway in Xinjiang near Usu county, a pileup involving five trucks and seven cars resulted in nine deaths and seven injuries during sudden dense fog with rapid road icing.
- Officials describe the casualty counts as preliminary, with medical care ongoing and formal probes underway according to Anadolu, regional traffic police and China Central Television.