25.07.2024 07:30
In Akçadağ, Malatya, a tractor driven by an 11-year-old child lost control while in motion and crashed into a group of children playing by the roadside. In this horrifying accident, 2 siblings lost their lives while 2 other children were injured.
In the district of Akçadağ in Malatya, a tractor driven by a young child lost control while in motion and crashed into a group of playing children. In the accident, 2 siblings died and 2 children were injured.
The accident occurred at 9:00 PM in Ören neighborhood of the district. The tractor with license plate number 44 AEL 870, driven by K.A. (11), veered off course and crashed into the children playing by the roadside. Health and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the scene upon receiving reports of the accident. G.Ş. (7), A.K. (7), Ada Yıldırım (7), and her sister Zelal Yıldırım (11) were injured in the accident.
DESPITE ALL INTERVENTIONS, THEY COULD NOT BE SAVED
After the initial intervention by the medical teams, the injured children were transported to Akçadağ State Hospital and Malatya Education and Research Hospital. Zelal Yıldırım, who was taken to Akçadağ State Hospital, and her sister Ada Yıldırım, who was transferred to Malatya Education and Research Hospital, could not be saved despite the doctors' efforts.
While G.Ş. and A.K., who were injured in the accident, continue to receive treatment, the bodies of Ada and Zelal Yıldırım were taken to the morgue of the Forensic Medicine Institute for autopsy. The child who was driving the tractor was placed under the supervision of the gendarmerie, and an investigation was initiated regarding the accident.