The terrible accident in Gaziantep occurred while they were on their way to greet their relatives returning from Umrah.

The terrible accident in Gaziantep occurred while they were on their way to greet their relatives returning from Umrah.

06.11.2025 22:26

A heartbreaking detail has emerged regarding the three family members who lost their lives in a car accident involving a truck loaded with silage in Gaziantep. It has been learned that those in the car were on their way to meet the driver’s wife and other relatives who were returning from Umrah when the accident occurred.

It has been revealed that the three people who lost their lives in the car that crashed into a truck loaded with silage in Gaziantep were on their way to meet the wife of the driver, who had returned from Umrah, and other relatives when the accident occurred.

3 PEOPLE FROM THE SAME FAMILY LOST THEIR LIVES

The accident occurred late at night near the rural Köksalan neighborhood of Şehitkamil district on the Gaziantep-Kahramanmaraş highway. According to allegations, the car with license plate 46 AIC 925, driven by Nuri Akkurt (43), crashed into the back of a truck loaded with corn silage with license plate 46 AGH 214, controlled by A.Ç. In the accident, the driver Nuri Akkurt, his mother Rahime Akkurt (65), and their relative Cemile Akkurt (53) lost their lives.

The tragic accident in Gaziantep occurred while they were on their way to meet relatives returning from Umrah

HEARTBREAKING DETAIL IN THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT

Moreover, a heartbreaking detail regarding the tragic accident has emerged. It was learned that the driver, his mother, and relatives in the crashed vehicle were trying to go to Gaziantep Airport to meet Nuri Akkurt's wife and other relatives who had returned from Umrah, and the accident occurred on the way. The bodies of Nuri, Rahime, and Cemile Akkurt, who lost their lives in the accident, were handed over to their relatives for burial after the procedures were completed at the Gaziantep Forensic Medicine Institution. It has been reported that the funerals will be held in Kahramanmaraş.

The investigation into the accident is ongoing.

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