9 Pak Army soldiers martyred in AJK road accident: ISPR

At least nine soldiers of the Pakistan Army were martyred and four others suffered injuries after their vehicle plunged into a nullah in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Bagh district in the wee hours of Sunday, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement. According to a press release from the military’s media wing, the incident happened in Bagh district’s Shujaabad while the soldiers were on routine military duty. It added that the injured were moved to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalpindi while funeral prayers for the martyrs were offered at Mangla garrison. The press release said Rawalpindi Corps Commander Lieutenant General Sahir Shamshad Mirza and other military officials attended the funeral prayers. The ISPR said the bodies will be sent back to their hometowns and buried with full military honours. AJK Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas expressed profound grief and sorrow over the tragic accident.

Pak Army soldiers met tragic accident in the line of their duty in most difficult and rough terrains-a duty that makes us feel safe & secure in our homes.May Allah accept their shahadat&grant speedy recovery to their injured colleagues. My condolences to bereaved families &🇵🇰Army

— Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan (@SardarTanveerIK) August 21, 2022

“Army soldiers met this tragic accident in the line of their duty in the most difficult and rough terrains — a duty that makes us feel safe and secure in our homes. May Allah accept their martyrdom and grant speedy recovery to their injured colleagues. My condolences to the bereaved families and Pakistan Army,” he tweeted.

Pak Army soldiers met tragic accident in the line of their duty in most difficult and rough terrains-a duty that makes us feel safe & secure in our homes.May Allah accept their shahadat&grant speedy recovery to their injured colleagues. My condolences to bereaved families &🇵🇰Army — Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan (@SardarTanveerIK) August 21, 2022

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More than a dozen killed in second road accident in southeastern Türkiye

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At least 35 people killed and dozens were injured in two separate road accidents in Türkiye, the latest of which occurred when a truck collided with first responders in Mardin's Derik district.

Six of 26 injured were reported to be in critical condition. (AA)

At least 19 people have been killed and 26 others injured in a road accident in southeastern Türkiye.

A truck collided with first responders of another accident involving a truck and two vehicles in Mardin's Derik district on Saturday.

"Unfortunately, the number of people who lost their lives in the accident in Mardin Derik increased to 19," Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a statement on Twitter.

"The number of injured is 26, six of them in serious condition," Koca said, adding that all means were being utilised for the treatment of the injured.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu also tweeted that all teams were mobilised and the injured were being shifted to hospitals.

Earlier in the day, another traffic accident killed at least 16 people and injured 22 others in southeastern Gaziantep province,  governor Davut Gul said. 

At least 16 people killed and 29 others injured after a truck with break failure hurtled into pedestrians in Türkiye’s southeast city of Mardin – health minister pic.twitter.com/yXqWUf40ph

— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) August 20, 2022

Gaziantep accident

A passenger bus overturned and dragged for several dozen metres and hit a fire brigade and paramedic team responding to a traffic incident on the Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep Highway, as well as a broadcast vehicle of a Turkish news agency, IHA.

The fatalities in the accident include three firefighters, four health personnel and IHA news agency journalists Muhammed Abdulkadir Esen and Umut Yakup Tanriover.

Gaziantep Governor also told reporters that the first accident occurred at around 0745GMT (10:45am local).

All injured have been taken to hospitals.

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Source: AA

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Road accident kills at least 16 people in Turkey

A passenger bus has collided with emergency teams handling an earlier road accident in southern Turkey, killing at least 16 people and injuring 22 others.

According to international media, three firefighters, two paramedics and two journalists were among those killed on the highway between Gaziantep and Nizip, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu wrote in a tweet on Saturday. The other eight deaths were on the bus, he added.

 

As per media reports, two journalists were killed after pulling over to help the victims of the initial accident, in which a car came off the highway and slid down an embankment.

Television footage showed an ambulance with severe damage to its rear while the bus lay on its side alongside the highway.

As per international media, Turkey has a poor record of road safety. Some 5,362 people were killed in traffic accidents last year, according to the government.

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