A person was seriously injured when a mass of snow and ice fell from the roof.

A person was seriously injured when a mass of snow and ice fell from the roof.

16.03.2026 16:20

Poyraz Özoltulular, 35, was seriously injured after falling from the roof of a 5-story building in Erzurum, where icicles and a mass of snow had fallen; the incident, which occurred while he was repairing a car, was captured on security camera.

Poyraz Özoltulular (35), who was severely injured when icicles and a mass of snow fell on him from the roof of a 5-story building in Erzurum. The incident was captured by a security camera.

HE WAS REPAIRING A CAR

The incident occurred in the afternoon in front of the 5-story building on 50th Year Street in the Kazım Karabekir neighborhood of the Yakutiye district. Poyraz Özoltulular, who went out to repair a car in front of his father's auto electrician shop located under the Quran course building, was struck by an icicle and a mass of snow that formed on the roof.

The person who was hit by snow and ice falling from the roof was severely injured

FIRST INTERVENTION BY BYSTANDERS

In the incident where one person was saved at the last moment, bystanders provided the first aid to the injured Poyraz Özoltulular. Health teams dispatched to the address upon notification took the injured person to Atatürk University Research Hospital. Police teams sent to the scene conducted an investigation and took footage.

THE MOMENTS ON CAMERA

The incident was captured by a security camera. The footage shows Poyraz Özoltulular, who had just exited his workplace, being trapped under the mass of ice and snow, and one person being saved at the last moment.

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