Icy roads leave over 60 passengers wounded in central Turkey

Two passenger buses have rolled over after sliding on an icy road in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri, leaving 69 passengers wounded, Turkish health officials said Sunday.

One of the buses rolled over on the roadside on Kayseri-Malatya Highway due to ice in a blizzard, police sources said. Fourteen passengers were wounded.

The other bus, which was heading to the southeastern Malatya province from Kayseri, overturned and 55 passengers aboard were injured.

All 69 victims-none in critical condition according to health officials - were transferred to Erciyes University Medical Faculty Hospital, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital and in private hospitals in Kayseri.