Painful detail in the irrigation canal tragedy: His wife was test-driving his newly purchased car.

Painful detail in the irrigation canal tragedy: His wife was test-driving his newly purchased car.

13.07.2026 20:11

A heartbreaking detail emerged in the accident where a mother and her son lost their lives after their car fell into an irrigation canal in Adana. It was learned that the accident occurred during a trip taken to test the vehicle, which the family had recently purchased.

A family who took out their newly purchased car for a test drive in Adana overturned into an irrigation canal. In the accident, mother Makbule T. and her son Mehmet T. lost their lives, while the father and daughter were injured.

SHE WAS TESTING HER HUSBAND'S NEWLY PURCHASED CAR

In the accident that occurred in the Abdioğlu Cumhuriyet neighborhood of the central Yüreğir district, farm worker Makbule T. (28) lost control of the steering wheel while driving the car her husband Dursun T. (35) had recently bought. Despite all interventions at the hospital, Makbule T. and her son Mehmet T. (12), who were in the vehicle that overturned into the irrigation canal, could not be saved and lost their lives.

FATHER AND DAUGHTER IN GOOD CONDITION

Injured Dursun T. and the couple's daughter were taken to the hospital by ambulance after initial first aid at the scene. It was learned that the father and daughter, who are receiving treatment, are in good health.

It was learned that the bodies of Makbule T. and her son Mehmet T. will be laid to rest at the Altınova Cemetery in the Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş after the completion of procedures. The investigation into the accident continues.

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