39 killed in accident in Turkey
published: Saturday | May 20, 2006

- REUTERS

TURKISH MEDICS check the bodies of those killed during a traffic accident on the main highway between southern Turkish town of Osmaniye and southeast city of Gaziantep yesterday.

At least 39 people, believed to be illegal migrants mostly from Afghanistan who were travelling in a lorry, lost their lives when their lorry collided with another lorry on the highway near the southern town of Osmaniye yesterday.