02.06.2025 07:30
In a horrific accident in Gaziantep, a car and a light commercial vehicle collided head-on, resulting in the deaths of 5 people, including 2 children, and leaving 2 others injured.
As a result of a head-on collision between two cars in Gaziantep, 5 people, including 2 children, lost their lives, and 2 others were injured.
The accident occurred at the intersection of Bahattin Nakipoğlu Street and the Asri Cemetery in the Şehitkamil district. Allegedly, a car with the license plate 27 AHY 25, whose driver is unknown, lost control and crossed into the opposite lane, colliding head-on with a light commercial vehicle with the license plate 27 BBB 183, also driven by an unknown driver. After the accident, the scene turned into a battlefield, and a large number of police, medical, and fire teams were dispatched to the scene upon notification.
5 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 2 CHILDREN, LOST THEIR LIVES
During the investigation by the teams that arrived at the scene, it was determined that 2 people in the vehicle with the license plate 27 AHY 25 and 1 person in the other vehicle died at the scene. 4 people injured in the vehicle with the license plate 27 BBB 183 were taken to various hospitals by ambulances after the initial intervention at the scene. Despite all efforts, 2 children among the injured could not be saved.
INVESTIGATION INITIATED
The bodies of the deceased were taken to the Gaziantep Forensic Medicine Institution. An investigation has been initiated regarding the accident, which resulted in the death of 5 people and injuries to 2 others.
IDENTITIES OF THE DEAD AND INJURED HAVE BEEN DETERMINED
In the horrific accident, the driver Yunus Emre Kuvrağ and his companion İsmail Volkan Deler in the vehicle with the license plate 27 AYH 25, as well as Gülistan Kestanlıoğlu and her children Eylül (6) and Atlas Mete (1) in the vehicle with the license plate 27 BBB 183 lost their lives. Ahmet Kestanlıoğlu, who was also in the same vehicle and is known to be a 112 Emergency Medical personnel, and his mother Naile Kestanlıoğlu were injured.