03.07.2026 13:40
Ali Rıza Çetinarslan (55), the driver of a tractor that rolled off a cliff in the highlands of Bartın, lost his life. His lifeless body was found 50 meters below the road 7 hours later.
In Bartın, the driver of a tractor that rolled into a ravine on a plateau, Ali Rıza Çetinarslan (55), lost his life. Çetinarslan's lifeless body was found about 7 hours later, 50 meters below the road.
The accident occurred around 20:30 yesterday in the Sarıkaya area of Gezen Plateau. After working on the plateau, Ali Rıza Çetinarslan, who set out with his friends to go to Kumluca town, lost control of the tractor, which rolled into a ravine. Upon notification from his friends, gendarmerie, AFAD, and medical teams were dispatched to the region.
INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED INTO THE ACCIDENT
As a result of search efforts initiated with the participation of AFAD, gendarmerie teams, and villagers, Çetinarslan's lifeless body was found about 7 hours later, approximately 50 meters below the road. The body, retrieved by teams on a stretcher, was taken to the Bartın State Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
An investigation has been launched into the accident.