11.12.2025 15:56
In the Bulancak district of Giresun, the driver Emin Yılmaz (39) and his uncle Raif Şimşek (61) lost their lives when their car plunged into a stream. It was learned that they were looking for a burial site in Kuzköy for Şimşek's mother, Ayşe Şimşek, who passed away yesterday along with her nephew.
Two people lost their lives in a car that rolled into a stream in the Bulancak district of Giresun. The car with license plate 28 ES 850, driven by Emin Yılmaz (41), overturned into the Pazarsuyu Stream while traveling on the Kovanlık-Aydındere road. Upon notification, 112 Emergency Health, Provincial Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), fire brigade, and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the scene. The body of the deceased driver Yılmaz was found by the teams 2 kilometers away from the scene and brought to the shore. It was determined that Raif Şimşek, one of the passengers in the vehicle, also lost his life at the scene. The bodies of Yılmaz and Şimşek were taken to the Bulancak State Hospital Morgue.
HE WAS GOING TO LOOK FOR A GRAVE FOR HIS DECEASED MOTHER
It was learned that Raif Şimşek was Emin Yılmaz's uncle and they were going to look for a grave in Kuzköy, where his mother Ayşe Şimşek, who passed away yesterday, would be buried. It was also determined that shortly before the accident, Yılmaz made a post on his social media account showing that his father had also passed away 28 years ago today. Giresun Governor Mehmet Fatih Serdengeçti also came to the scene to conduct investigations. Expressing his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the accident, Governor Serdengeçti stated: "A total of 80 personnel from our team were involved in the search and rescue operation. We quickly retrieved one of our citizens from the vehicle. The other citizen was found 2 kilometers away from the scene after being swept away by the water. Our relevant institutions acted swiftly from the moment we heard about the incident."