The death toll in the tunnel collapse in Adana has risen to 2.

The death toll in the tunnel collapse in Adana has risen to 2.

09.08.2026 13:11

Worker Bekir Çelik (57), who was injured in the collapse that occurred yesterday in the tunnel line under construction within the scope of the Yedigöze Drinking Water Project in the İmamoğlu district of Adana, lost his life in the hospital. Thus, the number of workers who died in the collapse increased to 2. While the body was taken to the Adana Forensic Medicine Institute morgue, the remains are expected to be buried in Kozan.

The number of workers who lost their lives in the collapse that occurred in the tunnel line of the drinking water project in the İmamoğlu district of Adana has increased to 2. Worker Bekir Çelik (57), who was injured in the collapse that occurred yesterday in the tunnel line under construction in Eğriçam Neighborhood within the scope of the Adana Water and Sewerage Administration General Directorate Yedigöze Drinking Water Project, lost his life in the hospital where he was being treated.

Çelik's body was taken to the Adana Forensic Medicine Institute morgue.

A COLLAPSE OCCURRED FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON YESTERDAY

The worker's body is expected to be buried in the Kozan district.

In the collapse that occurred yesterday for reasons not yet determined in the 2,660-meter tunnel line of the project, worker Necmettin Tok (55) lost his life, and Çelik was taken to the hospital.

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