21.04.2025 13:31
A young couple lost their lives in a motorcycle accident in the Ortaca district of Muğla. The driver of the car involved in the incident has been arrested.
The motorcycle rider Berkcan Kaplan (25) and his wife Saliha Urlu Kaplan (20), who was with him, lost their lives after being hit by a car in the Ortaca district of Muğla. The accident occurred on April 19 at around 16:00 on the Muğla-Antalya highway. The car driven by K.Ö. crashed into the motorcycle with the license plate 48 ASZ 084, which was being ridden by Berkcan Kaplan from behind. In the accident, Kaplan and his wife Saliha Urlu Kaplan, who were thrown onto the road, were injured. Upon the report of other drivers passing by to the 112 Emergency Call Center, health and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the scene. Injured Saliha Urlu Kaplan was taken to a private hospital. Berkcan Kaplan was transferred to Muğla Education and Research Hospital after the initial intervention at Ortaca State Hospital. However, both injured individuals could not be saved despite all the efforts of the doctors.
THE COUPLE HAD A 1.5-YEAR-OLD CHILD
The funerals of the Kaplan couple, who were married for two years and had a 1.5-year-old child, were taken by their families and buried in the Burunucu Cemetery in Ortaca after the autopsy procedures. The driver of the car, K.Ö., who was detained upon the instruction of the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office after the accident, was arrested by the court to which he was brought after the gendarmerie procedures.