Bus crash kills 23 in Turkey tourist town

Twenty-three people were killed and 13 injured when a bus carrying Turkish tourists crashed near the south-western holiday town of Marmaris, a local governor said on Saturday.

Television footage from the scene showed a yellow bus lying on its side surrounded by ambulances, with bodies nearby.

The bus had travelled from the western city of Izmir, the governor told reporters in televised comments.

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