04.11.2026 14:10
In the Gemlik district of Bursa, a car lost control on the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Highway and crashed into the median after the road became slippery due to heavy rain. Another car traveling in the same direction struck those in the crashed car and those who got out of a stopped vehicle to help. Mecit Can, 30, lost his life in the accident, and 9 people were injured.
In the Gemlik district of BURSA, Mecit Can (30) lost his life and 9 people were injured as a result of another vehicle coming from behind crashing into those in the car that had crashed and those rushing to help.
VEHICLE COMING FROM BEHIND HIT THOSE RUSHING TO HELP
The accident occurred around 11:30 at the Gemlik location on the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Highway in the direction of Bursa. The car with license plate 41 AEE 729, which lost control on the road made slippery by heavy rain, hit the median. At that time, a car with license plate 58 ADC 704 traveling in the same direction hit the people who got out of the stopped vehicle to help and those in the car that had crashed. With the impact of the collision, both vehicles turned into piles of scrap.
MECİT CAN, AGED 30, COULD NOT BE SAVED
Following the report, numerous fire brigade and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the area. Under the control of medical personnel, it was determined that Mecit Can (30), who was in the car with license plate 41 AEE 729, had lost his life. The 9 injured people were taken to surrounding hospitals by medics after their first interventions.
Due to the accident, traffic in the direction of Bursa on the highway was controlled for a while. After the vehicles were removed from the road with a tow truck and the cleaning work by the Highways teams was completed, transportation returned to normal.
Gendarmerie teams launched an investigation into the accident.