Blackpool family recovering after being injured in Turkey bus crash

The family were on a holiday trip when a tour bus crashed and overturned.

Author: Kellie MaddoxPublished 5th May 2024
Last updated 6th May 2024

A family from Blackpool are recovering after being involved in a tour bus crash while on holiday in Turkey.

It happened on Thursday in the Manavgat region.

Danielle Carlton-Simons, her husband Vinny, and children were among a group of 11 family and friends, who were travelling on the vehicle when it crashed and overturned.

In a post on Facebook, Danielle said: "Vinny is out of theatre and recovering in the care of his mum, Ruth, who flew straight on to help.

"We've finally located Tina who's still in another hospital, Julie again is in another hospital, still not in a good way at all but her family have arrived to support her, unfortunately we've not been able to talk to or see her.

"Saisha and Kacper have had their heads stapled/stitched, and the rest of us have been slightly luckier and come away battered and bruised from head to toe."

"Never felt this fear and worry"

Continuing her post, Danielle went on to describe the incident saying they were "so so so lucky to be alive".

"We all were trapped or thrown from that jeep in one way or another in the middle of a mountain, in the middle of nowhere.

"Vinny was stuck under the jeep, poor Julie, Tina, mum Laura, Saish, Kacper and Tom were trapped in behind me....and our poor baby boy was thrown back and forth and ended up out of the window but I thankfully managed to hold him and pull him back in.

"He has come away with just bruises bumps. Kai and Bobby somehow managed to pull as many of us out including me and Reggie and Vinny when the jeep was smoking, and oil was pouring through.

"We are so so so so lucky and I'm so thankful were all alive. I've never felt this fear and worry in my whole life. I just want everyone to be back home safe and as well as can be."

The Foreign Office is understood to be helping the family following the incident.

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