09.11.2026 12:21
In Bursa, the driver of a passenger bus operating the Bursa-Gebze route began reversing on the highway after taking the İzmir direction instead of the İstanbul direction. The moments when the driver responded to passengers who reacted by saying “You are putting our lives in danger” with “We’re only human, we missed it” were captured on a mobile phone camera. The incident brought back to the agenda the accident in Manisa in which 11 people lost their lives after a truck hit a bus that was reversing.
On the Bursa ring road, a passenger bus driver’s reverse maneuver on the highway after entering the wrong direction caused passengers’ reaction. The argument between the driver and passengers was caught on camera.
HE ENTERED THE IZMIR DIRECTION INSTEAD OF ISTANBUL
At around 06:00 on the Bursa ring road, according to the information obtained, the driver of the passenger bus operating the Bursa-Gebze service was supposed to take the Istanbul exit but due to absent-mindedness headed toward Izmir. Realizing he had gone in the wrong direction, the driver began reversing on the highway.
“YOU ARE PUTTING OUR LIVES IN DANGER”
The passengers on the bus reacted to the maneuver and warned the driver. An argument broke out between the passengers, who said “You are putting our lives in danger,” and the driver.
Despite the warnings, the driver continued reversing; the moments when he responded to the passengers reacting to him by saying “We’re only human, we missed it,” and tried to convince them were recorded with a mobile phone camera.
THE SAME MANEUVER HAD CLAIMED 11 LIVES IN MANISA
The incident in Bursa brought back to the agenda the bus accident that occurred on October 11 in the Akhisar district of Manisa. The tour bus, which set out from Bursa to Denizli, missed the Akhisar toll booths and reversed; during this, in the accident caused by a truck coming from behind hitting it, 11 people lost their lives and 27 people were injured. After the accident, the bus and truck drivers were arrested.
Following the accident in Manisa, the occurrence of a similar maneuver in Bursa brought concerns about safety of life in passenger transport back to the agenda.