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Four killed and nine injured as truck crashes into hazelnut workers’ vehicle in Düzce

From Sabah · () Turkish

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

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News Official statement Under investigation
  • A steel-laden truck collided with a farm vehicle carrying hazelnut workers on the D-655 Düzce-Zonguldak road in northwestern Turkey.
  • Three women workers and the field owner died at the scene, while nine injured people went to hospitals.
  • Düzce authorities said judicial and administrative investigations had begun.

Four people died and nine were injured when a steel-laden truck collided with a “pat pat” agricultural vehicle carrying hazelnut workers in Düzce’s Akçakoca district.

The crash occurred on the D-655 Düzce-Zonguldak western Black Sea connection road near Ayazlı Akevler. The truck, registered as 16 AAY 442, struck the farm vehicle and rolled into the garden of a nearby house, taking the agricultural vehicle underneath it.

Four of our citizens lost their lives and nine citizens were injured

· Düzce Governor’s OfficeThe statement confirmed the casualties from the collision in Akçakoca.

Emergency medical, firefighting, police and gendarmerie teams were sent to the scene. Officials found three women workers and the field owner dead at the site. Ambulances took nine injured people to hospitals.

The Düzce governor’s office confirmed the death toll and said the authorities had launched judicial and administrative investigations. It said emergency teams had reached the scene promptly, provided first aid and transferred the injured to medical facilities.

The process is being followed meticulously by the relevant institutions

· Düzce Governor’s OfficeThe statement described the official follow-up to the judicial and administrative investigations.
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Originally published by Sabah 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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