16.07.2025 02:00
In a traffic accident that occurred yesterday in the Dilovası district of Kocaeli, 5 people lost their lives when a container from a truck's trailer fell onto a car. The court decided to arrest Şahin Karakaş, the driver of the truck responsible for the accident.
In the accident that occurred on the D-100 highway in the Dilovası district of Kocaeli, the container on the trailer of a truck fell on top of a car, resulting in the deaths of 5 people in the vehicle. The driver of the truck, Şahin Karakaş, was arrested by the court he was brought before.
The truck driven by Şahin Karakaş, which was heading towards Ankara in Kocaeli, first collided with a car driven by an unidentified driver going in the same direction, and then crashed into a car driven by Sinan Demir.
5 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES
Due to the force of the collision, the container on the trailer of the truck toppled onto the car driven by Sinan Demir. In the accident, Sinan Demir and four others in the same vehicle, Okan Demir, Ramazan Budak, Ümit Adsay, and Muhammet Zengin, were trapped inside the car. Sinan Demir and Okan Demir, who were rescued by the fire brigade, died at the scene, while Ramazan Budak, Ümit Adsay, and Muhammet Zengin lost their lives in the hospital to which they were taken.
After the examinations at the Forensic Medicine, the bodies were taken to the morgue of Fatih State Hospital and later handed over to their relatives. Okan Demir, Sinan Demir, and Muhammet Ali Zengin were buried in their hometown Ağrı, Ramazan Budak in Kayseri, and Ümit Adsay in the Dilovası district of Kocaeli.
ARRESTED AND SENT TO PRISON
The truck driver Şahin Karakaş, who survived the accident with injuries and was taken to Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, was detained by the Homicide Bureau of the Kocaeli Police Department after his treatment. After his procedures at the police station, the truck driver Şahin Karakaş was brought to court today, where a detention order was issued against him.