20.08.2024 13:00
The footage of the accident in which an 89-year-old dementia patient woman lost her life after being hit by a coal-loaded train in Zonguldak has emerged. The footage shows the moments when the woman lost her balance and fell onto the tracks, and the train passing over her.
The footage of the accident in which Şükran Bayhan (89), a dementia patient in the Kilimli district of Zonguldak, lost her life after being hit by a coal-loaded train, has emerged. The images show the moments when the woman lost her balance and fell onto the tracks, the train passing over her, and the moments of panic experienced by the engineer and conductor before and after the collision. Cankut Bayhan (46), who claims that other train engineers saw his mother walking on the railway but did not warn others, said, "I want the statement of the engineer I told to inform me if they see my mother and the camera footage of that train to be examined by the court."
The incident occurred on May 8th in the coastal road area of the Kilimli district. A coal-carrying freight train hit Şükran Bayhan, a retired director of the Kilimli Public Education Center and a dementia patient, who lost her balance and fell on the tracks. Health and police teams were dispatched to the scene upon the notification of the engineer Oğuzhan M. (26). In the investigation, it was determined that Bayhan was dragged for about 10 meters by the train and lost her life. While the train engineer O.M. was released after his statement at the police station, an investigation was initiated against him for the crime of 'causing death by negligence'.
FOOTAGE OF THE ACCIDENT EMERGED
The footage of the moment the train hit Şükran Bayhan has emerged. In the footage captured by the train camera, it can be seen that Bayhan lost her balance and fell onto the tracks, the train passing over her, and the moments of panic experienced by the engineer and conductor before and after the collision.
"THE TRAIN SPENT 3 HOURS AND 25 MINUTES ON THE TRACK"
Cankut Bayhan, stating that his mother, who has dementia, left home at 06:41 and he started searching for her when he noticed her absence, said, "As far as I understand, she spent 3 hours and 25 minutes on this railway until the accident happened. There is a single-unit control maintenance unit passing through here between 08:00-08:20. According to the information we received from witnesses, the engineer passing through here saw my mother and said, 'I also saw her wandering around there. She narrowly escaped from me.' On the other hand, the engineer who caused the accident has a different statement. He says, 'The train before me was able to stop. Its braking system is not like mine. I couldn't stop in the same way.' While explaining his own situation, he also learned that there was another train that saw my mother, slowed down to allow her to escape while she was walking on the tracks, but did not inform anyone about it."
"I DIDN'T LOOK BECAUSE THE ENGINEER SAID 'WE WILL INFORM YOU'"
Baykurt, explaining that there was excavation at the exit of the railway tunnel, and his mother could not get off the tracks due to the height of the ballast and the thorns, said, "There is a chance to climb up the excavation to escape, but it is a bit impossible to expect an 89-year-old, elderly woman with health problems to demonstrate such a skill. The whole process took place on these tracks. There are statements from more than one train, actually two. I think more trains saw her. I gave the description and appearance of my mother to the engineer of the passenger train that departed from Zonguldak at 9:25 and arrived at the İnağzı station at 9:35 while examining the cameras and waiting at the İnağzı station. He said to me, 'Okay, if we see her, we will inform you,' so I didn't look into the tunnel and this area. The physical conditions do not allow her to be in another place. I wish it wasn't like this."
"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO BE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE"
Bayhan, stating that it is impossible for the passenger train he reported to not encounter his mother, said, "It is impossible for a person who lost her life at 10:12 to not be seen on this track at 9:35. There is no other area where she can leave the track. Considering that the engineer said 'we will inform you' and that it is inevitable for my mother to be here, it is clear that she was not informed, and it is inevitable that she was seen. At least his statement should be taken to understand the truth. There is also a camera on the train to understand the truth. It is physically impossible for my mother to be in a different place. According to me, the train that left the station behind the tunnel at 09:35 must have seen my mother here."
STATEMENT OF THE ENGINEER WHO SAW HER EMERGED
The statement of the engineer D.K. of the passenger train who saw Şükran Bayhan on the tracks before the accident has emerged. D.K., who said that he passed through the accident site at 09:50, stated, "I noticed that a person was close to the railway about 200 meters away while passing through there. I immediately applied the brakes and sounded the warning siren. The person moved away from the railway. We continued on our way. We thought that the person was working in the gardens along the route."
"THE TRAIN DIDN'T STOP DESPITE ALL OUR INTERVENTIONS"
The train engineer O.M., who caused Şükran Bayhan's death by hitting her after she fell on the ground, stated in his statement, "We were passing through the tunnel at a speed of 63 kilometers per hour. I noticed that there was a woman waiting on the edge of the railway with my train conductor. I started braking and continuously sounding the warning siren. There was a distance of 500-600 meters between us. The person moved away from the tracks a bit and then came back and lay down in the middle of the tracks. I continued braking and sounding the warning siren. Despite all our interventions, the train did not stop and hit the person."