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Four-vehicle chain-reaction crash in Istanbul’s Ümraniye leaves three injured
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Four-vehicle chain-reaction crash in Istanbul’s Ümraniye leaves three injured

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

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

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  • A four-vehicle chain-reaction crash on Istanbul’s Şile Highway injured three people.
  • Emergency teams treated the injured and took them to nearby hospitals.
  • Police said one driver left the scene, while traffic returned to normal after the vehicles were removed.

Three people were injured in a chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles in Istanbul’s Ümraniye district.

The crash occurred around 12:30 a.m. on the Şile Highway near Fatih Sultan Mehmet Mahallesi. A sport utility vehicle traveling toward Çekmeköy collided with three cars.

Police, firefighters and medical teams responded. Medics treated the injured at the scene before taking them by ambulance to nearby hospitals. Firefighters checked the vehicles and secured the area, while police measures aimed to prevent a second crash.

An initial police inspection found that one of the drivers had fled after the collision. The crash caused temporary congestion toward Çekmeköy. Traffic returned to normal after the vehicles were removed, and police opened an investigation.

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