Nine Britons injured in horrific bus crash on way to Turkish airport
Nine Britons injured in horrific bus crash on way to Turkish airport
- Nine of the 11 Britons on the bus suffered injuries and were treated at the scene
Nine British tourists were injured when a minibus driver crashed in Turkey earlier this week while taking them to the airport.
Shocking CCTV footage captured the moment when the minibus completely overturned into an oncoming vehicle on the D-400 road in the Manavgat district of Antalya.
The car was pushed back some 150 feet from the intersection due to the sheer force of the impact, while the bus drove into the median and flipped over.
Nine of the 11 Britons suffered injuries and were treated at the scene by paramedics.
According to local reports, the footage showed the car’s “drunken” driver running a red light. The driver was freed from the wreckage and taken to hospital, where tests reportedly showed a blood alcohol level of 2.69 promille, which is above the legal limit.
A young child traveling in the minibus was one of only two people to remain unharmed and miraculously escaped injury despite the brutality of the crash and subsequent vehicle roll-away.
He was seen calmly looking at an iPad while his parents were treated by paramedics on the roadside grass in the aftermath of the incident.
MailOnline has contacted the FCDO for comment.
This still from security footage shows the moment the bus hit the car at the intersection
- An earlier version of this article made the false claim that the minibus ran a red light. The article has since been amended to remove this erroneous detail.