A catastrophic accident occurred yesterday at Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Highway Akhisar Toll booths. It was learned that M.A. went on a hot spring tour to Pamukkale district of Denizli. The tour bus he was driving started to reverse maneuver on the highway when the toll booths were missed. At that moment, H.K. came from behind. The tow truck he was driving could not stop and hit the bus violently.
11 people in the vehicles that were thrown to the roadside due to the impact died at the scene, while 27 people were injured.
The identities of those killed and injured in the accident have been determined. The 11 people who lost their lives in the accident were "Cemile Memişçi (71), İhsan Taşçı (73), Mümine Eryılmaz (75), Zülfinaz Tosun (64), Sevgi Kabaroğlu (70), Safinaz Elkurt (76), Vesile Ekici (65), Şahinaz Boran (81), Fikriye Yur (78), Semra Şentürk (58) and Kadriye Turhanlar (88)" It was stated that.
The names and ages of the 26 injured people who were referred to surrounding hospitals and treated after the accident are as follows: "Sinan Eröz (61), Emine Sülümer (77), Süleyman Eryılmaz (76), Eşe Yonar (79), Çiçek Aktaş (61), Ayşe Çiftçi (60), Gülten Korubaşı (62), Zülfiye Arıca (70), Nurgül Eldemir (62), Nurettin Aktaş (67), Nuray Gögüsger (64), Emel Demircan (76), Fermude Alkış (69), Nurhan Balıkçıoğlu (50), Bahriye Şener (78), Feriştah Yıldırım (77), Salime Gözüm (63), Yüksel Hınık (70), Naciye Hınık (66), Meryem Bayat (80), Resimye Kirişcan (77), Gönül Çatak (61), Emel Eröz (53), Metin Yavuz (62), Hasan Karakaya (64) and Mehmet Ahlılar (63).”
While the identities of 11 citizens who lost their lives in the disaster have been determined, the treatment of the injured in hospitals continues. Tour bus driver M.A., who survived the accident with minor injuries, was detained by gendarmerie teams immediately after his treatment was completed at a private hospital in Akhisar. The security camera footage of the accident revealed that the disaster occurred due to a dangerous reversing maneuver on the highway.
M.A., the driver of the tour bus, and M.Y., the owner and reserve driver of the tour bus, who were detained after the accident at Akhisar Toll booths on the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Highway. and the driver of the tow truck, H.K., at the Akhisar District Gendarmerie Command were completed. The suspects were referred to Akhisar Courthouse after their procedures.
It was learned that in M.A's statement to the gendarmerie, he said that the accident occurred when he tried to enter the safety lane by reversing after the passengers said that they missed the intersection.
In his statement, M.Y., the owner of the tour bus and the substitute driver, stated that he was sitting in the back seat at the time of the accident, and that after realizing that the driver had missed the intersection, he stood up and moved forward, when he felt the collision and was thrown into the front seats.
The driver of the tow truck, H.K. In his statement, it was stated that he noticed the tour bus while driving in his own lane, could not maneuver to the left and hit the bus.
It was learned that M.A took over the driving of the tour bus from M.Y in Susurluk district of Balıkesir.
It was revealed that the accident in which a tour bus and a truck collided in Manisa's Akhisar district, in which 11 people lost their lives, was reflected on the highway highways. In the footage, the tour bus, which had missed the intersection, made a reversing maneuver and was hit by a truck coming from behind and the vehicles overturned.
Süleyman Eryılmaz (76), who lost his wife and was also injured in the accident in which 11 people lost their lives and 27 people were injured, said that the accident occurred during the reversing maneuver of the bus. Eryılmaz, who is receiving treatment at Manisa Celal Bayar University Hafsa Sultan Hospital, talked about the moment of the accident.
Süleyman Eryılmaz, who lost his wife Mümine Eryılmaz (75) in the incident, stated that when they came to Akhisar, they realized that they had crossed the road they were supposed to turn around and said, "The driver said to the spare driver, 'You went the wrong way'. He turned him back. The spare driver started to reverse. I guess the road would have been longer, I don't know. The driver stopped and started to reverse on the right. Meanwhile, the truck coming from behind hit him. I don't know anything beyond that." he said.
Stating that he was sitting in the seat behind the second door on the bus, Eryılmaz said that he did not know how long the bus went backwards. Eryılmaz explained that he had his wife and friend with him and stated that his wife passed away but he did not see her at the time of the accident.
After the massacre-like accident, a written statement came from My World Tourism company, which undertook the tour organization. Expressing condolences to those who lost their lives, the company denied corporate responsibility for the accident and placed the blame entirely on the driver of the vehicle.
In the public announcement made by the company, the following statements were made: "The tour organization in question does not belong to our company. The vehicle is rented within our other department, Transport Transportation, and only transportation services were provided by the relevant organization. The vehicle and the driver were at rest for 5 days before the accident. We believe that the accident was caused entirely by an individual mistake. All relevant information and documents have been handed over to the judicial units of our state."
A large-scale judicial investigation initiated by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the accident continues.
