At least 11 people were killed when a lorry and a bus collided on the Istanbul-Orhangazi-Izmir highway, in Akhisar district in Manisa province, Turkey, with 26 others injured.
Aerial footage captured on Sunday shows the bus and the lorry loaded with timber overturned. Police officers, civil defence teams, and ambulance crews can also be seen deployed at the scene.
Local media reported that the bus, owned by the company ‘My World Tour’, had been involved in a collision that caused the it to flip over and come to rest on its side, while the lorry veered off the road.
Reports added that teams from the fire department of Manisa Metropolitan Municipality rushed to the site, along with ambulances and traffic police.
According to a report issued by the Turkish Statistical Institute on 6 May 2026, 6,035 people were killed in traffic accidents in the country during 2025.
Source: Viory
