New images from the bus accident in which 11 people died: Break moments in Susurluk revealed

The accident occurred at around 11:00 on October 11, at Akhisar Toll booths on the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Highway. Mehmet Ahular (63), the driver of the 16 AED 124 plate tour bus, which set out to take the passengers from Bursa to the hot springs in Denizli, stopped and made a reverse maneuver when he missed the turn to exit Akhisar toll booths.

Meanwhile, the truck loaded with timber with plate number 78 YE 166, driven by Hasan Karakaya (64), coming from behind, crashed into the bus. In the accident in which both vehicles overturned onto the median, 11 people died and 26 people were injured. Upon notice, many health and rescue teams were dispatched to the scene of the accident. The injured were taken to hospital by ambulance and received treatment. The dead bodies of the dead were taken to the morgue.

ACCIDENT ON CAMERA

Meanwhile, security camera footage of the accident has emerged. In the images; There were moments when the driver of the bus, having missed the turn, made a reversing maneuver, while the truck coming from behind hit the bus and two vehicles overturned.

FUNERALS WERE BURIED

After the autopsy, the bodies of the deceased were handed over to their families. While 10 people were buried in Bursa, the body of 1 person was sent to Konya.

2 DRIVERS ARE ARRESTED

Within the scope of the investigation launched after the accident, the tour bus driver Mehmet Ahular, substitute driver Metin Y. (62) and truck driver Hasan Karakaya were detained. Among the three people who were referred to Akhisar Courthouse after their procedures at the gendarmerie, bus driver Mehmet Ahular and truck driver Hasan Karakaya were arrested by the court. The substitute driver of the bus, Metin Y., was released on condition of judicial control.

THEY CHANGED THE DRIVER IN SUSURLUK

It was learned that Metin Y. was driving the bus from Bursa to Balıkesir's Susurluk district, and Mehmet Ahular, who was arrested in Susurluk, was behind the wheel. Footage has emerged of the moment the tour bus took a break at a rest facility in Susurluk.

THEY HAD BREAKFAST

In the security camera footage; It was learned that the bus with plate number 16 AED 124, which dropped off passengers at a rest facility on Bandırma Street at 08.47, was parked at the gas station. The last images of the passengers entering the rest facility to have breakfast before the accident were captured on camera. While the passengers were having breakfast, it was seen that the bus was brought to the front of the rest facility by the driver at 08.52, and the driver got off the bus, went to the 2 waiting passengers and chatted for a while. The moments when the driver, who later entered the rest facility, boarded the bus at 09.22 and got the vehicle ready for departure, and the passengers who had breakfast left the rest facility in groups and boarded the bus, were captured on video. After all the passengers boarded, the bus was seen leaving at 09.31, 1.5 hours before the accident.