19.01.2025 20:50
In the Alaşehir district of Manisa, 13-year-old cousins Yusuf Eyüp Kaya and Kadir Kaya fell into a pit at a mining operation while on a bicycle tour. The two children drowned in the 2-meter-deep water that had accumulated in the pit and lost their lives.
Cousins Yusuf Eyüp Kaya and Kadir Kaya, aged 13, who went out to ride their bicycles in the Alaşehir district of Manisa, fell into a puddle of water that had formed in a mining pit. The two children drowned in the 2-meter deep water accumulation.
Upon receiving reports from nearby citizens who witnessed the incident, AFAD, fire brigade, gendarmerie, and health teams were dispatched to the scene. Families who received the news of their children's deaths suffered nervous breakdowns, while the bicycles by the water's edge brought tears to the eyes of onlookers.
"KADIR JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO SAVE HIS COUSIN"
Grieving father Zeki Kaya said, "Our children went out to ride their bicycles. Yusuf Eyüp Kaya fell into the water, and Kadir went in to save him, but neither of them could get out."
UNCLE BLAMED THE OPERATOR
Uncle Seyit Han Dursun, who stated that the business owner had taken no safety precautions, reacted by saying, "A pond has formed here. Either this water should be drained or safety measures should have been taken around it. Our lives are lost, we are complaining."