15.09.2025 21:50
In an accident that occurred in the Yenişehir district of Bursa, former mayor Mehmet Kaya lost his life, while his wife and the truck driver were injured. The two vehicles involved in the accident were turned into a pile of metal.
In the Yenişehir district of Bursa, former mayor Mehmet Kaya (75) lost his life in a collision between a pickup truck and a car, while his wife Kadriye Kaya and the pickup truck driver O.Y. were injured.
In Bursa, on the Kozdere road, the car driven by Mehmet Kaya collided with the pickup truck driven by O.Y., which was coming from the opposite direction, as it was exiting from Yenişehir to the Kozdere road.
TURNED INTO A PILE OF IRON
As a result of the collision, both vehicles were thrown into the grassy area by the roadside, and the car, which overturned and lay on its side, turned into a pile of iron.
FORMER MAYOR LOST HIS LIFE
Upon the notification of the surrounding people, gendarmerie, fire, and medical teams were dispatched to the scene. It was determined that former Yenişehir Mayor Mehmet Kaya, who was trapped in the car, had lost his life, while his wife Kadriye Kaya was rescued with injuries. Both Kaya and the injured pickup truck driver O.Y. were taken to Yenişehir State Hospital for treatment after their initial interventions.
AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN INITIATED
The funeral of Mehmet Kaya, who served as the mayor of Yenişehir from 1999 to 2001 and was a father of three, was sent to the Bursa Forensic Medicine Institution for autopsy, and an investigation has been initiated regarding the accident.