A CHAIN collision involving seven vehicles has claimed lives of ten people and left 57 individuals injured.
The incident happened on the Northern Marmara Highway in Turkey's Sakarya province on a Thursday morning.
Preliminary reports indicated that the accident occurred on the Istanbul-bound lane of the highway, involving three buses and a truck.
The exact cause of the collision remains currently unknown.
The collision led to a complete halt in transportation along the Istanbul-bound lane of the highway.
59 people were injured, with eight of them in critical condition, shared Turkey's minister of health, Fahrettin Koca, in a post on X (former Twitter).
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He said: "May God have mercy on our citizens who lost their lives and we express our condolences to their relatives.
"Everything necessary is being done to ensure that the injured, whose treatment continues, regain their health."
The injured victims were transported to nearby hospitals with 30 ambulances, he added.
Governor Yasar Karadeniz said an investigation has been launched but the accident had likely occurred when a vehicle hit a truck in poor visibility due to a dense fog.
He expressed his condolences and called the loss of ten lives an unfortunate tragedy, reported Anadolu Agency.
Some victims lost their lives after exiting their vehicles and getting hit by passing cars on the highway.
The emergency response teams have been dispatched to the scene.