20-year-old Samet lost his life in the chain collision accident in Maltepe.

20-year-old Samet lost his life in the chain collision accident in Maltepe.

31.08.2026 10:21

In a chain-reaction traffic accident involving 4 vehicles traveling in the same direction in Maltepe, Istanbul, 20-year-old Samet Yüksekkaya, who was in the front right passenger seat of a car, lost his life. After the accident, in which one person was also injured, police teams launched an investigation, and Yüksekkaya's body was buried in Maltepe.

Samet Yüksekkaya (20) lost his life in a chain-reaction accident involving 4 vehicles traveling in the same direction in Maltepe, Istanbul. One person was also injured in the accident, and police teams launched an investigation into the incident.

The accident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, August 29, in a chain-reaction collision involving 4 vehicles traveling in the same direction on Turgut Özal Boulevard Sahil Yolu. Samet Yüksekkaya, who was in the front right passenger seat of the car with license plate 34 DP 5555, lost his life despite the interventions of health teams who arrived at the scene. Yüksekkaya's body was taken to Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital by ambulance.

BURIED IN MALTEPE

The driver of the vehicle with license plate 06 RBG 15 involved in the accident, P.M.K., was conscious and without life-threatening conditions, and was taken to Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital by ambulance for treatment. An investigation was launched regarding the accident. It was learned that Samet Yüksekkaya, who lost his life, was buried in Maltepe after the funeral prayer performed following the afternoon prayer.

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