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CCTV Captures Crash That Killed 3-Year-Old Elif as Family Protests House Arrest

From Hürriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A car struck and killed 3-year-old Elif Mavi Avli as she crossed a road with her mother in Odunpazarı, Eskişehir.
  • The girl’s father, Fatih Avli, is seeking the driver’s detention after a court ordered house arrest.
  • Avli said the family celebrated Elif’s birthday one day before burying her.

Security camera footage has emerged showing the crash that killed 3-year-old Elif Mavi Avli in Eskişehir’s Odunpazarı district.

Elif was crossing the road with her mother when a car struck her. The footage records the moment of the fatal collision.

The driver, identified as 40-year-old F.A.B., received a house-arrest order. Elif’s father, Fatih Avli, has objected to the decision and is calling for the driver to be jailed.

“After celebrating her birthday, I buried my daughter one day later,” Avli said. The family had marked Elif’s birthday just a day before her death.

After celebrating her birthday, I buried my daughter one day later.

· Fatih AvliElif’s father called for the driver to be detained after the court issued a house-arrest order.
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