ANKARA, Turkey- Nine people were killed and five others injured in a road accident in central Turkey on Wednesday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

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A truck crashed into a bus carrying workers on a road connecting the districts of Beypazari and Nallihan in the Ankara Province early in the morning, causing the casualties, the report said.

It said the wounded were sent to nearby hospital for treatment.