10.11.2025 03:01
A bus belonging to IETT, whose driver suffered a heart attack while driving and lost control of the steering wheel, was able to stop after crashing into the sidewalk in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The 54-year-old bus driver, who was taken to the hospital by ambulance, unfortunately passed away.
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The driver of the IETT bus, Mehmet Cilasın, who was driving on Barbaros Boulevard in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, suffered a heart attack. At that moment, the bus, which was out of Cilasın's control, first hit the sidewalk and then managed to stop after crashing into a tree on the sidewalk.
HE COULD NOT BE SAVED
Upon the notification of the surrounding people, emergency medical and police teams arrived at the scene. Cilasın was taken to the hospital by ambulance after the first intervention by the medical teams at the scene. Despite all the interventions at the hospital, driver Mehmet Cilasın could not be saved. It was learned that Cilasın was the father of three children.
THE BUS WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCENE
Meanwhile, traffic on Barbaros Boulevard came to a standstill due to the accident. Traffic flow was managed in a controlled manner from a single lane. After the removal of the crashed bus, traffic flow returned to normal. An investigation into the accident is ongoing.
"THANKFULLY, NO ONE PASSING ON THE SIDEWALK WAS HURT"
İlyas Savaş, a member of the Board of Directors of the Private Public Buses Cooperative, who came to the scene after hearing about the accident, said, "Our driver must have suffered a heart attack. We are the responsible friends in the cooperative management when vehicles have accidents. I came as soon as I heard to intervene. Now I see, thankfully, there are no injured people. Thankfully, no one passing on the sidewalk, pedestrians, or citizens were harmed, so we are happy. He had no illness. Our drivers are under doctor control; if they had any illness, they could not work with us. There were not many passengers on the bus; there is no exact number."
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