20.06.2025 10:34
A truck reversing in the Aşkale district of Erzurum hit workers who were eating. In the horrific accident, 5 workers were injured. One of the workers explained that the driver of the truck did not notice the situation because the sun was in his friend's eyes, causing him to hit the excavator. He said, "4 out of our 5 friends couldn't escape and ended up under the excavator."
A terrible accident occurred in the Aşkale district of Erzurum. The truck with license plate 25 ADC 461, driven by Oğuzhan Halğalı (25), hit workers who were eating in front of an excavator while the driver was reversing during road construction work in the Pırnakapan area of the district.
5 INJURED
In the accident, Halktan İlbuğa (21), Halis Aras (20), Davut Özbek (62), Cahit Kayuk (26), and Emre Uzuncalöse (37) were injured. Upon notification, health, fire, and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the scene. The injured workers were taken to hospitals, and the truck driver was taken to the police station for questioning by the gendarmerie.
"4 OF OUR 5 FRIENDS ARE TRAPPED UNDER THE EXCAVATOR"
Murat Mutluay, one of the workers present at the scene, said he was in a different vehicle at the time of the accident. He explained that as the sun was setting, his friends were taking a lunch break, and the excavator operator came to the area and stopped the vehicle, while the workers sat in the shadow of the bucket in front of the excavator to protect themselves from the sun.
Mutluay explained that his friend driving the truck did not notice the excavator because the sun was in his eyes and hit it, saying, "4 of our 5 friends are trapped under the excavator. 2 friends have broken legs, and the other 3 have minor fractures and dislocations; two of them are receiving intensive care. According to the information I received, one of the two will be taken for surgery."
"THE SUN HIT THE DRIVER'S EYES"
Expressing his fear due to the accident, Mutluay said, "The sun is setting in the direction we are working, and since it hit the driver's eyes, he did not notice the excavator behind him and when he hit it, he trapped our friends underneath. We lifted the bucket to get our friends out and tried to remove the friend trapped under the wheel with a shovel. 2 ambulances arrived very quickly and took our friends to the hospital."