The statement of the driver who caused the death of the ESK General Manager has emerged.

02.04.2025 12:31

The statement of the driver who hit Mustafa Kayhan, the General Director of the Meat and Milk Institution, with his truck in Izmir, resulting in his death, has emerged. The driver stated that he did not see Kayhan walking by the roadside due to the heavy rain and accidentally hit him.

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A terrible accident occurred yesterday around 16:30 in the Cumhuriyet neighborhood of Seferihisar district in İzmir. Mustafa Kayhan (56), the General Director of the Meat and Milk Institution, who came to the district for vacation, went shopping with his wife Mehtap Kayhan.

DIED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

At that moment, Talip B. (75) hit Kayhan, who was walking with his wife by the roadside, with the pickup truck with license plate 35 GB 7884 that he was driving. Kayhan was thrown several meters and was injured, while the driver fled the scene. With the notification of the surrounding people, gendarmerie and medical teams were dispatched to the area. Injured Mustafa Kayhan was taken to Seferihisar Necat Hepkon State Hospital by ambulance. Despite the doctors' interventions, Kayhan could not be saved. Mustafa Kayhan's body was sent to the İzmir Forensic Medicine Institution's morgue for autopsy.

WILL BE BURIED IN HIS HOMETOWN

The body of Kayhan, which was delivered to his relatives after the autopsy, was taken to his hometown Diyarbakır by air last night. It was reported that Kayhan would be sent off on his final journey with a ceremony to be held today at noon at the Odabaşı Bal Mosque.

THE DRIVER'S STATEMENT HAS EMERGED

Meanwhile, Talip B., the driver of the fleeing pickup truck after the accident, was caught and detained by the gendarmerie. It was determined that the driver was not under the influence of alcohol, and in his statement to the gendarmerie, he said that he could not see Kayhan walking by the roadside due to the heavy rain reducing visibility and hit him. It was reported that the driver's procedures at the gendarmerie were ongoing.