17名非法移民在車禍中喪生

17名非法移民在車禍中喪生

Seventeen people were killed and 50 wounded after a minibus carrying migrants overturned in eastern Turkey yesterday, the private news agency DHA reported.

據(jù)私營通訊社DHA報道，昨天，一輛載有移民的面包車在土耳其東部翻車，造成17人死亡，50人受傷。

Five children were among the dead in the accident in Van province near the Iranian border, DHA reported quoting Van governor Mehmet Emin Bilmez.

據(jù)伊朗邊境范省省長梅赫邁特·埃米恩·比爾梅茲報道，事故中有5名兒童死亡。

The agency said the migrants had entered Turkey illegally but the nationalities of the victims were not immediately known.

該機構(gòu)表示，這些移民是非法進入土耳其的，但目前尚不清楚遇難者的國籍。

The governor said there were 67 people on board the minibus which he said had a capacity of 17 to 18 people. Bilmez was quoted by DHA earlier saying the death toll was 15.

州長表示，這輛面包車容載量為17到18人，事故發(fā)生時車上有67人。DHA早些時候援引比爾梅茲的報道表示，死亡人數(shù)為15人。

Sixteen of the victims were migrants and another was the minibus driver, DHA said.

DHA最新報道，17名受害者中有16名是移民，另1名是小客車司機。

Images in Turkish media showed the damaged minibus in a field with several rescue workers tending to the injured in Ozalp district close to the border with Iran.

土耳其媒體的圖片顯示，這輛受損的面包車停在靠近伊朗邊境的奧扎爾普地區(qū)，幾名救援人員正在照顧傷者。

The agency reported that the driver lost control of the vehicle but there were no immediate details on the cause of the accident.

該機構(gòu)報告稱，事故由車輛失控造成，但目前還沒有有關(guān)事故原因的更多詳細信息。