Update (0856 EST): At least five have been reported killed at this time.
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— Halab Today TV ???? ??? ????? (@HalabTodayTV) June 6, 2024
At approximately 0820 EST, initial reports indicated that a bus carrying around 60 Syrian school children to a field trip had crashed and sunk into the Orontes River near Darkush, Syria. By 0830, the Syria Civil Defense announced that its crews were deployed and searching for the bus.
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Ny 0840 EST, at least 25 people were reported to have been injured and transported to al-Rahma Hospital in Darkush.
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— Step News Agency – ????? ???? ???? (@Step_Agency) June 6, 2024
It is not currently clear if there have been any fatalities. This is developing.
Darkush is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located northwest of Idlib along the Syrian–Turkish borders on the Orontes River.
