Eleven people are dead and 27 injured after a passenger bus and a timber-laden truck collided in the Akhisar district of Manisa, in western Turkey. The Manisa Governor's Office announced the toll in an official statement after emergency crews reached the scene. The collision involved a bus carrying passengers and a truck hauling a load of boards. The governorate gave no immediate explanation of what brought the two vehicles together. Investigators will now try to establish who was at fault and what conditions on the road contributed. Accidents involving buses and heavy trucks remain a persistent worry on Turkish roads, where such crashes often turn deadly. For the families in Akhisar, the confirmed figures mean a sudden and heavy loss.