Driver dies after car overturns down an embankment in Ümraniye
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A car overturned near Hamamlıdere Street in Ümraniye after its driver reportedly lost control.
- Emergency crews found the driver, Mehmet A., trapped beneath the vehicle and confirmed his death.
- Police opened an investigation into the crash.
A driver died after his car lost control, overturned down an embankment and came to rest upside down in Istanbul’s Ümraniye district.
The crash occurred at about 12:30 a.m. on Hamamlıdere Street in İnkılap Mahallesi. The vehicle, reportedly driven by Mehmet A., carried the license plate 34 MHZ 207.
Firefighters, police officers and medical teams arrived after people in the area reported the accident. Medical personnel found the driver trapped beneath the overturned car and confirmed that he had died.
Firefighters removed the body from the vehicle. Authorities transferred it to the Forensic Medicine Institution morgue for an autopsy. A tow truck later removed the wreck, while police began investigating the crash.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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