A total of 38 Georgian students were injured early Sunday when the bus carrying them overturned in the Turkish Black Sea province of Giresun.

The bus, carrying a Georgian children's dance troupe, was travelling from Georgia to Bulgaria via Turkey when it went off the road and crashed into a lighting pole, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Rescue crew and firefighters from Giresun and the neighboring province of Trabzon were immediately dispatched to the scene.

The injured, most of which were children, were taken to nearby hospitals in Giresun and Trabzon for treatment. So far, 16 of them were discharged after receiving medical care, the report said.

source: xinhua