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(yíng)通訊社DHA報(bào)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(zhǎng)梅赫邁特·埃米恩·比爾梅茲報(bào)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(jī)構(gòu)表示，這些移民是非法進(jìn)入土耳其的，但目前尚不清楚遇難者的國(guó)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(zhǎng)表示，這輛面包車容載量為17到18人，事故發(fā)生時(shí)車上有67人。DHA早些時(shí)候援引比爾梅茲的報(bào)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(bào)道，17名受害者中有16名是移民，另1名是小客車司機(jī)。

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(jī)構(gòu)報(bào)告稱，事故由車輛失控造成，但目前還沒(méi)有有關(guān)事故原因的更多詳細(xì)信息。