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Back|The car that hit the bucket turned into scrap: Mother and father died, 2 children were injured
The car that hit the bucket turned into scrap: Mother and father died, 2 children were injured
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Cumhuriyet·1 hour ago·Crime·1 min read·🇹🇷Türkiye·

The car that hit the bucket turned into scrap: Mother and father died, 2 children were injured

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  • Abdullah Polat (37) and Seher Polat (33) lost their lives as a result of the car hitting the back of the digger in Şanlıurfa Birecik; Two children, aged 5 and 7, were injured.
  • The moment of the accident was captured on security camera and an investigation was launched.

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The accident took place around 20:00 in Cumhuriyet District in Birecik district of Şanlıurfa. The license plate number is 63 AJR 398. The license plate of the digger and the identity of its driver have not been determined yet.

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Abdullah Polat (37) and his wife Seher Polat (33) lost their lives and 2 children in the vehicle were injured in the traffic accident that occurred as a result of the car hitting the back of the digger in Birecik district of Şanlıurfa. The moment of the accident was caught on camera.

The accident occurred around 20:00 in Cumhuriyet District. The car with license plate 63 AJR 398, driven by Abdullah Polat, crashed into the back of the digger, whose license plate and driver's identity have not yet been determined. While the car turned into scrap due to the force of the impact, the driver of the car, Abdullah Polat, and his wife Seher Polat, who was with him, died at the scene. Their children, Asiye Polat (5) and İbrahim Halil Polat (7), who were in the car, were injured. Upon notice, health and security teams were dispatched to the scene. After the first intervention of the medical teams at the scene, the injured children were taken to Birecik State Hospital by ambulance and received treatment.

The moment of the accident in which the mother and father lost their lives and two children were injured was recorded on the security camera. It was recorded moment by moment that the car traveling on the road quickly crashed into the back of the digger advancing on the roadside, and the passengers waiting at the scene narrowly escaped. An investigation has been launched into the accident.

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  • The license plate of the digger and the identity of its driver will be determined and the investigation will be concluded.

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  • ?What is the license plate of the digger and the identity of its driver?
  • ?What was the cause of the accident?
  • ?What is the health condition of the injured children?
  • ?What will be the outcome of the investigation?

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This article was originally published by Cumhuriyet.

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  • Abdullah Polat (37) and Seher Polat (33) lost their lives as a result of the car hitting the back of the digger in Şanlıurfa Birecik; Two children, aged 5 and 7, were injured.
  • The moment of the accident was captured on security camera and an investigation was launched.

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