10 people killed and 73 were injured Sunday after a passenger train derailed in the northwestern Turkish province of Tekirdağ.
The Ministry of Transport said five carriages of the train's six cars, with 362 people on board, traveling from Uzunköprü, Edirne to Istanbul were toppled near Sarılar village of Tekirdağ's Corlu district after "the ground between the culvert and the rail collapsed" due to heavy rain.
Tekirdağ governor Mehmet Ceylan said injured people have been evacuated from the scene of the accident with helicopters.
Over 100 ambulances have been sent to the scene, TRT Haber said, quoting Health Ministry Undersecretary Eyüp Gümüş. The Turkish army said in a statement that it had sent helicopters to the scene.
Ceylan said the train derailed due to adverse weather conditions.
The transport ministry in a statement said officials confirmed that because of heavy rains, the ground beneath the rails subsided away, causing the train to derail.
Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan was on his way to the scene, the ministry added.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım offered their condolences to the victims' families after being briefed about the accident.
Erdoğan said all state institutions were "using every means available to help" in a statement issued by the presidency, as he vowed that there would be a comprehensive investigation into the "tragic accident"
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