25.10.2026 11:12
In the Nusaybin district of Mardin, 6 people, 4 of them children, lost their lives after a car plunged into a water channel while returning from a condolence visit. It was learned that those who died in the tragic accident were 2 mothers and 4 children. Six people from the same family were buried side by side amid the tears of their relatives.
In the Nusaybin district of Mardin, 2 mothers and 4 children who lost their lives when their car flew into a water canal while returning from a condolence visit were sent off on their final journey amid tears. As the bodies of 6 people from the same family were buried side by side, a great sorrow remained behind.
TRAGEDY OCCURRED WHILE RETURNING FROM A CONDOLEENCE VISIT
The accident occurred yesterday afternoon in the rural Tepealtı Neighborhood area on the Nusaybin-Cizre road. The car with license plate 47 ADZ 606, whose driver has not yet been identified, carrying people returning from a relative's condolence visit in the district center, went out of control and flew into the water canal at the roadside. Upon notification, medical, fire and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the scene.
4 CHILDREN LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE SCENE
In the examination carried out by the teams, it was determined that Zana Öztürk (5), Mert Öztürk (5), Mehmet Şirin Öztürk (11) and Lavin Öztürk (9), who were trapped in the car, lost their lives.
Fikriye Öztürk (30) and Gülcan Öztürk (28), who were injured in the accident, were taken to Nusaybin State Hospital by ambulances. However, despite all the doctors' interventions, both women could not be saved.
TWO MOTHERS AND FOUR CHILDREN LOST THEIR LIVES
It was learned that Fikriye Öztürk, who lost her life in the accident, was the mother of Mert and Mehmet Şirin Öztürk, and her sister-in-law Gülcan Öztürk was the mother of Lavin and Zana Öztürk.
THEY WERE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE
The bodies of the 6 people who lost their lives were taken to the Forensic Medicine Institute morgue at Mardin Training and Research Hospital for autopsy after procedures at Nusaybin State Hospital. After the autopsy procedures were completed, the bodies were handed over to their relatives and brought to the rural Topaç Neighborhood. Two mothers and four children were buried side by side amid the tears of their relatives.