More than 20 people were killed and 27 others injured in a serious traffic accident in central Turkey on Saturday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

A bus collided with a truck near Bozcamahmut village in Eskil town of Aksaray province in central Turkey on the way to Kapadocia, a tourist place, in Nevsehir province on Saturday morning, said the report.

According to the report, the tragic traffic accident occurred when the bus carrying people including most students from a primary school in the Aegean city Izmir in western Turkey for a trip to Kapadocia.

Most of the dead are students. Among the 27 injured, five are in serious condition, said the report.

An investigation is underway into the traffic incident.

Source: Xinhua