At least 24 people were killed and 10 others wounded as a bus carrying tourists crashed near the southwestern holiday town of Marmaris in Turkey, reports Aljazeera quoting local authorities on Saturday (May 13).

Television footage from the scene in western Mugla province showed a yellow bus lying on its side surrounded by ambulances.

Authorities said the tour bus topped over, fell 15 metres down a cliff and hit a car on a mountain road.

The local deputy governor told state-run Anadolu Agency that the driver is among the dead and most of those killed were women.

Mugla Governor Amir Cicek said the bus "most probably" lost control. 

Anadolu Agency also said the bus was in a convoy of six, carrying mostly women and children for a Mother's Day event. It was travelling from the western city of Izmir.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a written statement, offered condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.

BDST: 0842 HRS, MAY 14, 2017
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