28.02.2025 20:20
The driver who hit Muhammet Gürcan Koçak with his luxury minibus while he was repairing his broken ATV on the emergency lane in Eyüpsultan, Istanbul, has been apprehended. In his initial statement, the suspect said that he "did not see the person he hit, that there was heavy snowfall, and that he thought he had hit a pig and continued driving."
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On February 22, around 02:00, a traffic accident occurred on the Eyüpsultan Kemerburgaz road, where Muhammet Gürcan Koçak stopped on the emergency lane due to a malfunction of his UTV vehicle and tried to repair it. At that moment, he was severely injured when a light commercial vehicle hit him, while the driver of the light commercial vehicle fled the scene. Koçak later died in the hospital.
THE DRIVER'S IDENTITY HAS BEEN DETERMINED
Police teams had been working on the fleeing driver. As part of the investigation conducted by the police, it was determined that the fleeing driver was a person named M.Y.
HIS FIRST STATEMENT HAS EMERGED
He was caught through a joint effort of the Traffic Inspection Civil Teams, Public Order Branch Directorate, Eyüpsultan District Police Department, and Intelligence Branch Directorate. The first statement of the captured individual also emerged while he was being taken to the police station.
"I THOUGHT I HIT A PIG"
The suspect M.Y. stated in his first statement that he 'did not see the person he hit, that there was heavy snowfall, and that he thought he hit a pig and continued driving.' The interrogation of the suspect at the police station is ongoing.
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