10.11.2026 15:02
In Sivas, the car of a driver who got out of his vehicle to buy pide and forgot to apply the handbrake rolled backward, ran over an elderly woman's legs, and hit a parked vehicle. Seeing the driverless car, shopkeeper Perihan Yılmaz ran over and pulled the handbrake, stopping the vehicle. Those moments were captured by a workplace security camera.
In Sivas, a car whose driver forgot to pull the handbrake ran over an elderly woman and crashed into a parked vehicle. The woman shopkeeper who noticed the situation stopped the car by pulling its handbrake at the risk of her life. The moment of the incident was caught on a security camera.
GOT OUT TO BUY PIDE, FORGOT TO PULL THE HANDBRAKE
According to the information obtained, the incident occurred on Kültür Street in Halil Rıfat Paşa Neighborhood. The citizen who got out of his vehicle to buy pide from the bakery forgot to pull the handbrake. The elderly woman, seeing the vehicle move and roll backward, fell to the ground as she tried to get out of the vehicle. The reversing vehicle ran over the elderly woman's legs. The car, which also hit another parked vehicle, gained momentum.
Seeing the vehicle that went out of control and hit the parked car, shopkeeper Perihan Yılmaz stopped the driverless car without hesitation. The moment of the incident was captured by the security camera of a nearby business.
I RAN TO THE CAR AND PULLED THE HANDBRAKE
Perihan Yılmaz, who said she went outside after hearing screams from the workplace, said, "At first I couldn't understand what was happening. Then, when I looked carefully, I saw that there was no driver in the car. A woman with a child was also running after the car. I ran to the car and pulled the handbrake. Of course, before that, the car had run over the elderly woman's feet and hit our vehicle. It stopped when I pulled the handbrake. The elderly woman was in a very bad state, and there was a child who was also crying. I took them into my workplace and we called an ambulance for the elderly woman. The driver was already an elderly man; he had pulled the handbrake halfway. When the girl next to him also screamed, the elderly woman accidentally released the handbrake. Then, when the car accelerated, she got scared and got out. She had recently had surgery anyway; the car ran over the elderly woman's feet. The ambulance came, and then they took the elderly woman away," she said.