Seven dead after two bus crashes in Turkey as one coach smashes into back of lorry & other motor rolls down steep bank

TURKEY has been hit by bus carnage after two coaches crashed within hours of each other.

Four people died when a coach overturned into a deep ravine, while another three were killed after their vehicle rear-ended a lorry.

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The bus that rolled down a steep bank crashed in Suehri, Sivas.

The horror ordeal left four people dead and 10 injured, four of whom were seriously wounded.

Tragic images showed the wrecked bus flipped over in a ditch as emergency crews surrounded the vehicle.

Funda Durhan, Erva Durhan, Dilek zcan and Hikmet Cengiz were named as the victims in the terrifying bus rollover.

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The wounded passengers were rushed to a nearby hospital.

Meanwhile in Mugla, three people died when a passenger bus rear-ended a truck as it was travelling from Istanbul to Bodrum.

The tragic crash left the driver and two passengers dead.

Another 17 people were injured – including five who are currently fighting for their lives.

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Hamit Torun, the man behind the wheel, and passenger Mustafa Saydam were pronounced dead at the scene.

Songl Demir, 46, was left seriously injured and was rushed to hospital.

But she succumbed to her wounds despite the efforts of doctors.

The horror unfolded on the Milas-Ske Highway in Mugla when the passenger bus smashed into the vehicle ahead of it.

Shocking pictures showed the mangled up wreckage of the bus.

The coach’s front end was seen crumpled up having hit the back of the lorry.

Emergency services rushed to the scene including medical, police and fire teams.

Some passengers trapped inside the bus were rescued by fire crews.