09.11.2026 23:21
Eight people were injured in a chain traffic accident involving a truck, a car, and two minibuses on the Çorum-Merzifon highway. After the collision, numerous crews were dispatched to the scene, and the injured trapped in the vehicles were rescued and taken to hospitals. The most striking detail of the accident was that the truck driver got scared and fled after what happened. The driver, who hid in the terrain by the roadside, was found by gendarmerie teams and taken into custody.
Eight people were injured in a chain traffic accident involving four vehicles in Çorum. The truck driver, who left the scene after the accident and hid in the countryside, was caught through the work of the gendarmerie.
TRUCK, CAR AND TWO MINIBUSES COLLIDED
The accident occurred at the Pınarbaşı location of the Çorum-Merzifon highway. According to the information obtained, the truck with license plate 05 NB 260 driven by M.G.Ç., the car with license plate 06 UMP 16 under the control of Y.A., the minibus with license plate CJU 233 driven by H.G., and the private public minibus with license plate 05 M 5116 under the control of M.Ç. were involved in a chain accident. As a result of the collision of four vehicles, three of the drivers and five passengers in the vehicles were injured. After the accident, upon reports from those around, many teams were directed to the area. Because there were injured people trapped in the vehicles, a rescue operation was started.
8 PEOPLE WERE INJURED, TEAMS WERE MOBILIZED
In the collision, the car driver Y.A., the minibus driver H.G., and M.Ç., who was driving the private public minibus, were injured. A.A., M.C., O.C., N.Ö., and S.A.B., who were passengers in the vehicles, also survived the accident injured. After the accident, in which a total of 8 people were injured, police, gendarmerie, fire brigade, and medical teams were dispatched to the scene. While the teams intervened in the vehicles containing the injured, they also began investigations in the area where the accident occurred. The injured trapped inside the vehicles were removed from their locations with the intervention of rescue teams. After providing first aid to the injured at the scene, medical personnel carried out their transfer to hospitals.
THE INJURED WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS
The 8 people injured in the accident were taken by ambulances to Hitit University Erol Olçok Training and Research Hospital and private hospitals in Çorum. The injured were placed under treatment in the hospitals. No detailed information was provided about the health conditions of the people in the vehicles involved in the accident. No statement has yet been made regarding whether the injured are in life-threatening danger. After the rescue efforts, teams continued their investigations at the scene to determine how the chain accident occurred.
THE TRUCK DRIVER FLED AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND HID IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
What happened after the accident drew at least as much attention as the collision itself. In the accident involving four vehicles, M.G.Ç., who was driving the truck, left the scene. It was stated that the truck driver fled in fear after the accident and hid in the terrain by the roadside. While rescue efforts continued for the injured in the other vehicles, gendarmerie teams took action to find the driver. As a result of efforts in the surrounding area, M.G.Ç.'s hiding place was identified. The driver, found by gendarmerie teams, was taken into custody and taken away for processing. After the truck driver was caught, investigations into the accident continued. The teams launched work to determine under what conditions the four vehicles collided and how the chain accident occurred.