Dozens of British tourists have been injured as their holiday coach crashed in Turkey.
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British tourist Thomas Bylis rests in an hospital bed after five Turks were killed and 48 British tourists were injured in a coach crash in western Turkey.
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A total of 48 passengers, who were travelling with operator Airtours, needed hospital treatment following the collision with another vehicle in Dogusbelen, near Koycegiz, western Turkey.
Airtours said the coach driver - a Turkish national - died in the crash.
Eighteen tourists remain in hospital and one man has serious injuries but they were not believed to be life-threatening, the Foreign Office spokeswoman said.
The coach was carrying tourists to hotels in the nearby town of Mamaris after the holidaymakers had flown out of Manchester Airport overnight, the Foreign Office spokeswoman said.
The injured passengers were taken to hospitals in Mamaris and Mugla and those later released were taken on to a hotel on Mamaris, she added.
A spokeswoman added: "We understand the coach was in a collision with a car and a another coach near Koycegiz on the way to Marmaris.
"It is believed that the car driver and his passengers were also killed in the accident.
"Most of the Airtours clients taken to hospital are now in their hotels in Marmaris. Most only suffered minor injuries but some still in hospital were more badly hurt."
PA