13.10.2026 18:32
Mehmet Açık, a motorcycle courier who was struck by a car while delivering a package in Bursa on August 19, lost his 56-day fight for life in the hospital. Dozens of his fellow motorcycle couriers, who came to the funeral vehicle after a call on social media, escorted Açık, who was reported to be the father of a 5-year-old child.
In Bursa, motorcycle courier Mehmet Açık, who was seriously injured when a car hit his motorcycle while he was delivering a package to a customer, died in the hospital where he was receiving treatment after 56 days. Dozens of motorcycle couriers escorted the vehicle carrying Açık's coffin.
THE CAR THAT CUT IN FRONT OF HIM FROM THE LEFT LANE HIT HIM
The accident occurred on August 19 on Bilginler Street in Nilüfer district. According to the claim, while Mehmet Açık, who worked as a motorcycle courier, was turning onto Yıldırım Street, a car that suddenly cut in front of him from the left lane hit the motorcycle he was riding. Açık, who fell from the motorcycle that swerved and hit his head on the curb, was seriously injured. Açık, who was determined to have skull fractures and had suffered a brain hemorrhage at the hospital he was taken to by ambulance, was taken for treatment in the intensive care unit. Mehmet Açık, who was intubated and whose heart could not be restarted despite intervention after it stopped, died yesterday.
HIS COLLEAGUES ACCOMPANIED HIM ON HIS FINAL JOURNEY
Mehmet Açık, who was stated to have a 5-year-old child, was sent off on his final journey by his motorcycle courier colleagues who came after a call made on social media. Dozens of motorcycle couriers who escorted the funeral transport vehicle carrying the coffin for the prayer to be performed at Müminler Mosque in Selçukbey Neighborhood of Yıldırım district were recorded with cell phone cameras.
Mehmet Açık was buried in Erdoğanköy City Cemetery after the funeral prayer performed in the afternoon.