At least sixteen people were killed in two separate road accidents in southern Turkey on Sunday, according to reports from local and international news agencies. The first crash occurred near the city of Antalya when a passenger bus veered off the highway and overturned, killing nine people and injuring at least twenty-five others. Antalya’s provincial governor Hulusi Sahin said seven of the injured were in critical condition. In a separate incident in the Burdur area, seven people were killed and five injured on the Antalya–Isparta route.

Governor Sahin stated that the bus involved in the first accident was carrying thirty-four passengers from Tekirdag to Antalya. He added that the crash site was located on a dangerous curve where speeding was unsafe. Preliminary findings suggested that reckless driving and slippery roads caused by rain might have contributed to the accident. It was not immediately clear whether any foreign nationals were among the passengers.

Antalya and its surrounding coastal areas are known as popular tourist destinations that attract large numbers of foreign visitors each year.