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Nearly 100 people got injured when two metrobuses experienced a head-on collision as one of the drivers fainted, with two more metrobuses slamming into them from behind as drivers lost control of their steering wheels, according to city officials.

A stray dog named "Boji" has become a local celebrity after using buses, subways and ferries to travel across Turkey's metropolitan city of Istanbul.

The number of people using public transport in Istanbul declined 49 percent in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period in 2019 due to fear of the coronavirus pandemic.

Authorities in Istanbul, Turkey's most populous city, have announced a set of measures after scenes showing people largely ignoring rules on public transport vehicles.

The country this week scrapped the rule that public transport vehicles should operate at 50 percent capacity as Turkey started to relax most of the anti-virus curbs.

The Interior Ministry has lifted another transport restriction initially imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus by removing the obligation that 50 percent of seats in public transportation vehicles should be empty.

Turkey's two largest cities, Istanbul and Ankara, which yesterday came out from a 48-hour lockdown along with 29 other provinces, started the week with new measures for public transport aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

A total of 24 people were injured on Dec. 3 when two metrobuses crashed into each other in the Sefaköy neighborhood in Istanbul, Doğan News Agency reported.

The Istanbul Electric Tram and Tunnel Company (?ETT), the city's public bus authority, introduced buses with new "panic buttons" on Feb. 26.

Hasan Celikdelen, head of the IETT's IT department, said when a person presses one of the new panic buttons, it generates a signal received by the company's control center.        

Five passengers were injured when two metrobuses collided near Istanbul's Merter neighborhood, while the accident blocked the city's metrobus route in the Avc?lar direction. 

On the morning of Jan. 18 a metrobus hit another from behind amid a heavy snow storm in Istanbul. 

Five passengers were injured in the accident and transferred to a nearby hospital. 

The authorities are set to implement a system aimed at solving problems in Istanbul’s notoriously crowded Metrobus network, which often works above its capacity