Ankara - SPA
At least nine people were killed and five others injured after a passenger train crashed Thursday into a minibus that was carrying workers to a factory, AP reported.
Basri Guzeloglu, the local governor, said the train slammed into the vehicle at a level crossing near the Mediterranean port city of Mersin.
All the dead were in the vehicle. Three of the injured were said to be in a serious condition.
Guzeloglu said the cause of the accident would be investigated.
No one aboard the train, traveling from the southern city of Adana to Mersin, was hurt.