The accident occurred on August 21, around 02.30, on Ahıska Street in Çalı District of Nilüfer district. The car with plate 34 NVG 362, driven by Yalçın Öz, who was trying to turn to Alaaddinbey Street, and the jeep with plate 16 GY 114, driven by Gülçin Yeni, who was driving on Ahıska Street, collided. While the car was drifting, the jeep hit 2 more parked vehicles. Upon notice, police, health and fire brigade teams were dispatched to the area. During the check-up by the paramedics, it was determined that the driver of the car, Yalçın Öz, and Olgun Yıldız, who was next to him, lost their lives. Jeep driver Gülçin Yeni and her friend Yağmur Y. were injured.
The bodies of Yalçın Öz, the father of 2 children, and Olgun Yıldız, the father of 1 child, were buried after the autopsy at the Bursa Forensic Medicine Institute. It was reported that Öz and Yıldız were working as security guards in a factory and that the accident occurred while they were going to check the other factory of the company they were affiliated with.
Gülçin Yeni, whose statement was taken after her treatment at the hospital, said: "I was seriously injured in the traffic accident I had. I cannot walk, I have a fracture in my hip, 10 of my ribs are broken, I have a crack in my neck and left arm. I have a collapsed lung, I was hospitalized with a catheter because I could not be hospitalized. I could not get up in the hospital either. I will barely survive until I recover. On the day of the incident, around 02.40, while driving on Çalı Road, I stopped at the traffic lights." When I arrived, a white car swerved in front of me to turn left, but I couldn't stop. Then I found myself in the hospital. The traffic lights were flashing yellow when I turned left at the time of the accident. I thought I was conscious while driving.
Gülçin Yeni, who was referred to the courthouse after being discharged, was arrested on September 11. The investigation carried out by the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the accident was completed and an indictment was prepared. In the indictment accepted by the Bursa 9th High Criminal Court, a prison sentence of 2 years, 8 months to 22.5 years was requested for the jeep driver Gülçin Yeni, who was stated to have 1.09 promil alcohol, for the crime of "causing death by conscious negligence".
The security camera and mobile phone images taken at the scene of the accident were also included in the case file. In the footage, it was seen that Yalçın Öz collided with Gülçin Yeni's jeep while he was returning with the car he was driving. In the mobile phone footage taken after the accident, the injured drunk driver asked the medical teams about the condition of the damage to his vehicle. The footage also showed Yeni taking care of his mobile phone after the accident.
Barış Yıldız, who said that they learned that his brother Olgun Yıldız had died at the police station, said, "When we went to Beşevler Police Station, the commissioner there told us that they were involved in an accident and lost their lives in the accident. I buried my brother with my own hands. This drunk driver burned not only herself, but everyone else. There are two dead people, there are children she left behind, there are spouses. So, it is a very difficult situation. If she is really drunk and takes the lives of others, I am not just saying that, I am saying in general, everyone should be punished. "He should receive the harshest punishment," he said.
Yıldız family's lawyer Özgür Coşkun stated that the guilt of the drunk driver was proven by reports and images and said:
"In the doctor's report taken approximately 2 hours after the accident, it was determined that the driver had an alcohol level of 1.09 promil, which is approximately 1.5 promil at the time of the accident. In the camera footage examinations we made, we also noticed that the driver was driving very fast. Then, when the citizens gathered at the scene and came to the scene, of course they shot videos about the incident. We also found the following in the videos; immediately after the incident, the drunk driver was drunk, without paying any attention to the injured or deceased people. "We found that he was texting on his phone without calling 112. In the video taken by another citizen, we were deeply impressed by the Emergency Health worker's response to the drunk driver and the drunk driver asking the health worker about the condition of his car rather than the health status of the injured or deceased people."
Coşkun continued his words as follows:
"There is not just a traffic accident here. The lives of two people are not at stake. The people who died here today had a total of 3 children. These 3 children were 10, 11, 12 years old. The child of one of the deceased people was a child with special needs. Today, 2 spouses were left alone here. Today, 3 children were left without a father. We want that in such traffic accidents, where alcohol is involved and speeding is involved, in cases where 2 people die and 1 person is injured, these defendants are subjected to the severest punishment required." "Let them receive their punishments in front of justice. Let the spouses and children left behind here today, tomorrow and the day after, come to the conclusion that 'It was not considered an accident' and cool their minds a little. We believe that a defendant who was involved in alcohol, who was speeding, who took care of his own business immediately after the accident, who did not care about any injuries, and who did not care about deaths should receive the heaviest punishment necessary."
Claiming that the defendant did not wait for a long time after the accident on the grounds that he had health problems and made a false statement, Coşkun said, "Although the drunk driver did not have many health problems, we determined from the scope of the file that he constantly acted late to the courthouse, stating to the police that he had health problems and that he could not walk or sit. As is evident in the camera footage, the drunk driver moves very quickly and especially in his defense, he states that the signal of the vehicle in which our client was driving was not working in order to escape the crime. However, this situation is clearly evident in the camera footage. "It has been determined that the vehicle in which our client was traveling and the two deceased people were in was giving off signals. We also revealed this with the camera footage. His speed determination will be made the day after tomorrow. We are of the opinion that the number of faults will increase significantly with these speed detections."
