Driver falls asleep at wheel, death toll rising in bus accident

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Driver falls asleep at wheel, death toll rising in bus accident
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mart 10, 2006 11:08

A bus traveling to the southeastern city of Van plunged off the Resadiye-Niksar highway early yesterday morning into the Kelkit River, leaving at least 19 dead and 15 missing at last count. 28 year old passenger Erhan Bicer was able to break his way through a window in the bus, which was submerged in the murky waters of the river, and walked through darkness of the night to give news of the fatal accident to residents of the nearest village.

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Rescue teams arrived immediately on hearing the news, but were only able to throw ropes to some of the passengers, while the rest drowned as the bus sank further into the deep waters of the river. Police and detectives at the scene determined that the driver of the unfortunate bus had fallen asleep at the wheel, as there were no brake marks evident in advance of the turn where the bus had gone off the road.

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