23.10.2026 22:42
The terrible accident in the Reyhanlı district of Hatay plunged a family into mourning. A car struck 36-year-old Ayşe Yetek, who was trying to cross the road with a baby stroller, and her 4-year-old daughter Meryem Azra. The mother, who was taken to hospital in critical condition, could not be saved despite all the doctors' interventions. While the little girl's fight for life continues, an operation has been launched to catch the driver who abandoned his vehicle and fled after the accident.
In the Reyhanlı district of Hatay, a car hit a mother trying to cross the road with a baby stroller and her 4-year-old daughter. In the accident, the mother Ayşe Yetek died, and her injured daughter Meryem Azra Yetek was taken to a hospital and placed under treatment. The driver A.Y. abandoned his car and fled the scene after the reaction of neighborhood residents.
THEY WERE CROSSING WITH A BABY STROLLER
The accident occurred around 19:00 at the Tayfur Sökmen Street location in Konuk Neighborhood on the Reyhanlı-Antakya highway. According to the information obtained, the car with license plate 31 AVC 124, driven by A.Y. (21), while traveling in the direction of Antakya, hit Ayşe Yetek (36) and her daughter Meryem Azra Yetek, who were trying to cross the road with a baby stroller. The mother and daughter were severely injured after being thrown by the impact, while the driver A.Y. left the vehicle and fled after bystanders reacted.
THE MOTHER COULD NOT BE SAVED, THE DRIVER IS BEING SOUGHT
Upon notification, numerous gendarmerie and medical teams were dispatched to the accident site. The injured mother and daughter were taken by ambulances to hospitals in Antakya after the initial intervention by medical teams at the scene. Despite all the doctors' interventions at the hospital, the mother Ayşe Yetek lost her life, while it was stated that her daughter Meryem Azra Yetek's life-threatening condition continues and her treatment is ongoing.
An investigation has been launched into the accident, and efforts continue to apprehend the fleeing driver A.Y.