TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – At least seven people died, and 23 others were injured after a passenger bus veered off the road and overturned on a highway in the eastern Kars province of Turkey on Sunday.

The passenger bus overturned into a stockade after passing the viaduct at the entrance of Karakurt village of Sarikamis district of Erzurum-Kars highway, state-run TRT broadcaster quoted the Governor of Kars province Turker Oksuz as reporting.

The passenger bus flipped over from approximately 50 meters in height and overturned, the report added.

Medical teams, gendarmerie, and fire crews were dispatched to the scene.

AMK/PR