29.10.2026 11:57
The elderly couple, aged 83 and 79, who were stranded in the area where they went mushroom picking in the Gemlik district of Bursa, were rescued by AFAD and gendarmerie teams. On the road, which had turned into mud due to rainfall and was impassable for vehicles, a gendarmerie officer carried the elderly citizen on his back to a safe area. The couple, whose health condition was good, was taken to Gemlik State Hospital for a check-up.
An elderly couple, aged 83 and 79, who got lost in the area they went to in the Gemlik district of Bursa to collect mushrooms, were rescued through the work of AFAD and gendarmerie teams. It drew attention that one of the gendarmerie officers, among the teams struggling to advance on roads that had turned to mud due to rainfall, carried the elderly citizen on his back.
THEY WERE TRAPPED WHILE COLLECTING MUSHROOMS
The incident occurred in the Kurtul Neighborhood of the Gemlik district. A.G. (83) and H.G. (79), who went mushroom collecting with their tractor, became trapped in the area after moving away from the tractor. Following a report made to the 112 Emergency Call Center at 18:54, gendarmerie and AFAD search and rescue teams were dispatched to the area.
GENDARMERIE CARRIED HIM ON HIS BACK
The teams carrying out work on roads that had deteriorated due to rainfall and did not allow vehicle passage reached the elderly couple. As leaving the area became difficult, gendarmerie personnel helped the elderly citizen reach a safe area by carrying him on his back. After the road was opened with a work machine directed by the Gemlik Directorate of Public Works, the couple was evacuated to a safe area.
The elderly couple, who were handed over to medical teams and whose general health condition was learned to be good, were taken to Gemlik State Hospital for control purposes.