31.10.2026 23:00
On the Anadolu Highway at the Bolu Mountain Tunnel, a truck that rear-ended a car which had set out from Istanbul to Ordu to attend a funeral drove away from the scene without stopping. Four people in the car, which rolled over and landed upside down, were injured. While the moment of the accident was captured by another vehicle's camera, the gendarmerie launched an operation to catch the truck driver.
In-vehicle camera footage has emerged of the accident in which 4 people were injured in the Bolu Mountain Tunnel. The footage shows the moments when the truck hit the car and fled.
THEY HAD AN ACCIDENT ON THEIR WAY TO A FUNERAL
The accident occurred at the Bolu Mountain Tunnel passage of the Anatolian Highway. According to the information obtained, a truck traveling in the same direction rear-ended the car with license plate 59 AG 946, driven by Ç.A., which had set out from Istanbul to Ordu to attend a funeral and was heading toward Ankara. The car, which went out of control as a result of the impact, rolled over and overturned. The driver of the truck that caused the accident, however, did not stop and left the scene.
In the accident, the car driver Ç.A. and 3 passengers in the vehicle were injured. Upon notice, medical and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the scene. After the first intervention by medical teams at the scene, the injured were taken to the hospital by ambulances. Due to the accident, traffic at the tunnel passage was maintained under control for a while. After the car involved in the accident was removed, traffic returned to normal.
THE TRUCK HIT THE CAR WHILE CHANGING LANES
In footage reflected on another car's in-vehicle camera, it was seen that the truck hit the rear of the car while changing lanes, and after the collision, it continued on its way without stopping. Gendarmerie teams have launched an operation to catch the truck driver.