11 people killed in 2 separate industrial accidents on Aegean coast of Türkiye
AYDIN/IZMIR, Türkiye (AA) – Eleven people were killed and several injured Friday in two separate industrial accidents on the Aegean coast of Türkiye.
Four people were killed in a crane accident at a construction site, according to the Governor of Izmir, Yavuz Selim Kosger.
The crane was installed at a 32-storey construction site when it collapsed, killing two crane operators, while crane parts fell on a container where workers were staying.
In a separate accident, in Aydin province, seven people were killed and five injured when an explosion occurred at a restaurant during an intervention to fix a malfunctioning tube.
Aydin Governor Huseyin Aksoy said a fire in the restaurant was extinguished and the injured were being treated at a hospital.
The bodies of the deceased were also taken to hospitals.