One dead in smash

One teenager died and another two were injured when their car was in a head-on collision with a passenger bus on the Didim-Akbuk road at Fevzipaşa Crossroads at 1.30am last Sunday.

The car contained students all aged 18 and from Akbuk. One passenger died, the driver was seriously injured while the third was slightly injured.

A police inquiry is now under way.

Officials visit schools in Aydin

POLICE and tax officers have carried out searches of nine schools across the Aydin district, including one in Didim.

The schools, located in Aydin, Nazilli, Söke, Didim, Kuşadası and İncirliova schools were visited as part of an ongoing inquiry by Aydın Police’s Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Branch Crime Finance Branch.

Officers also in attendance included teams from education, food, agriculture and livestock, public health and social security provincial directorate.

According to police, measures were taken by the tax auditors, as well as an audit with the participation of firefighters.

Police officers guarded the doors of the buildings and did not allow anyone to enter except employees inside organizations.

The inspections took place simultaneously throughout the day.

Computer equipment and hard disk drives were taken as part of a wide-ranging investigation.

Vehicles increase by 6.4%

THE total number of cars on Aydin’s roads increased to 377,253 – a 6.4 percent increase.

The figures, released by the government data office, showed there were 354,403 vehilces on Aydin’s roads in July last year. A year later that has increased by more than 20,000.

The breakdown by type of vehicle in Aydin is; 151,424 cars, 9,481 minibuses, 2991 buses,  55,152 vans, 7,911 lorries, 109,340 motorcycles and more than 40,000 tractors.

Burglars about – be warned!

A VOICES reader has issued a warning to others in the community to be n their guard for burglars.

The reader and her husband, who wish to remain anonymous, were in bed when they heard a noise at 5.30am at their property in Sokak 1409, Efeler Mah. Didim, last week.

After disturbing the burglar, he fled by jumping through a window with a 10ft drop and running off.

The reader said she was surprised to find that the burglar’s entry seemed to be that of their exit – the window. Somehow they had gained entry probably with the help of another person.