A Turkish ferry and a Ukrainian-flagged cargo ship have collided off Istanbul, injuring at least 30 people, Turkish media report.
Ambulances rushed to the quayside after the crash in the Sea of Marmara. The ferry is docked at Yenikapi pier. Reports state that the injured passengers were not in a serious condition.
It is not yet clear how many people the ferry ‘Salih Reis-4’ was carrying at the time of collision. The ferry had been travelling from Bostanci on the Anatolian side to the island of Avsa in the Sea of Marmara.
A coastguard spokesman said sea traffic through the Bosphorus Strait was unaffected. Istanbul's sea buses and ferries transport about 300,000 passengers across the Bosphorus and Sea of Marmara daily.
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