ANKARA, June 20, 2016 (Xinhua) -- An injured person is wheeled to an ambulance after a train hit a minibus in Turkey's southeastern province of Elazig, June 20, 2016. Nine people, including four Syrians, were killed while another was seriously injured on Monday morning after a train hit a minibus in Elazig, Hurriyet News reported. (Xinhua/Mert Macit)
ANKARA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Nine people, including four Syrians, were killed while another was seriously injured on Monday morning after a train hit a minibus in Turkey's southeastern province of Elazig, Hurriyet News reported.
Earlier reports put the death toll at eight.
The train, heading from the Tatvan district of the eastern province of Bitlis to the capital Ankara, crashed into the minibus carrying agricultural workers at a level crossing in central Elazig.
News reports said there was neither a barrier nor warning sign at the crossing.
Elazig Mayor Murat Zorluoglu told reporters that the minibus was pushed by the train for around 400 meters in the "deplorable accident."
