20.07.2025 16:31
In Kocaeli's Gebze district, security camera footage has emerged of the incident in which 50-year-old Mevlüt Şafak lost his life after being struck on the head by the dump truck's tailgate, which he had taken for repairs.
Driver Mevlüt Şafak took the excavation truck with the license plate 34 ETK 075 to the mechanic due to a malfunction. While one worker was working inside the dump truck, which was partially lifted and had a wedge placed on its lid, Şafak began to watch him. After a while, the wedge slipped, and the rapidly closing lid struck Mevlüt Şafak on the head.
DIED AT THE SCENE
As Şafak collapsed to the ground in a pool of blood, a health team was dispatched to the scene upon notification. It was determined that Mevlüt Şafak had lost his life under the control of the teams. Şafak's lifeless body was taken to the Forensic Medicine Institution.
HORRIFIC DEATH CAPTURED ON CAMERA
Meanwhile, it was revealed that the accident was captured by a security camera belonging to a nearby business. The footage shows Şafak, who was watching the worker operating in the dump truck through the open lid, suddenly being struck on the head by the closing lid and collapsing to the ground. The worker, noticing that Mevlüt Şafak had fallen, jumped off the dump truck and shouted.
DELIVERED TO THE FAMILY FOR FUNERAL
After the examination conducted at the Forensic Medicine Institution, Mevlüt Şafak's body, which was taken to the morgue of Fatih State Hospital, was later delivered to his relatives. Şafak's body was transported to his hometown Trabzon for burial.