Death Toll In Traffic Accident In Iskenderun Announced As 15

ISKENDERUN - Iskenderun SSK hospital officials announced on Thursday the death toll in the traffic accident which occurred in Iskenderun town of southern Hatay province as 15.
The officials announced the number of injured as 27 in the traffic accident.
Death toll had earlier been announced as 16, but the officials revised that number to 15, saying that a body in the morgue of the hospital was erroneously included in the accident death toll.
One person who suffered minor injuries in the accident was discharged from the hospital while the rest 26 are still at hospital for treatment.
A lorry had collided with a public passenger bus and a minibus in Iskenderun town earlier in the day when its brakes were failed.
(BRC-AÖ) 12.02.2004