17.06.2025 11:34
In the Menemen district of İzmir, a passenger in a car that crashed into a waiting taxi after a material damage accident tragically lost their life. The moment of the accident was captured by security cameras.
After being involved in a material damage accident in the Menemen district of İzmir, a passenger in a taxi tragically lost his life when another vehicle crashed into the taxi, which was waiting in the left lane. The accident was captured by a security camera. The incident occurred during the afternoon on the North Aegean Highway at the Yanıkköy location in Menemen. The taxi with the license plate 35 DD 786, driven by Alper T., collided with a vehicle in front of it, whose driver and license plate were not identified, and stopped and got out in the left lane. At that moment, a car with the license plate 35 BIM 261, driven by M.B.İ., crashed into the taxi from behind. Due to the force of the impact, the passenger in the taxi, Yüksel Doğdu, was thrown onto the road. Following the report of the accident, health and highway gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the scene.
DRIVERS IN CUSTODY
Health teams determined that Yüksel Doğdu had lost his life during their examination. The unfortunate man's lifeless body was taken to the morgue after the investigation. The drivers of the vehicles involved in the accident and the taxi driver were taken to the police station for their statements.
HORRIFIC ACCIDENT ON CAMERA
Meanwhile, the accident was captured on security cameras. The footage shows the taxi on the highway colliding with the vehicle in front of it, stopping in the left lane, and the car crashing into the taxi from behind, resulting in Yüksel Doğdu, who was a passenger in the taxi, being thrown from the vehicle. It was learned that Yüksel Doğdu, who lost his life in the accident, had taken a taxi from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport to go to Dikili, and an investigation has been initiated regarding the accident.