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Bus runs off icy road in Turkey; nine people killed

SIVAS, Turkey, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- At least nine people died Monday after a bus slid off an icy road and rolled into a ditch in the central Turkish province of Sivas, Today's Zaman reported.

The bus was carrying 42 people and some of them were trapped underneath the vehicle, the newspaper said.

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Teams from the Sivas Provincial Disaster and Emergency Management agency removed people from the bus and a crane was used to lift the vehicle, the report said.

The injured were taken to several hospitals, the Andalou Agency reported.

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