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Security camera footage emerges of crash that killed TFF official Ebubekir Uçar

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

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  • Ebubekir Uçar, a security unit official at the Turkish Football Federation, died in a traffic crash in Istanbul on Aug. 17.
  • Police said his car collided with a light commercial vehicle on Yeni Riva Road in Acarlar, while footage showed the car rolling repeatedly after the impact.
  • Uçar was buried in Istanbul’s Pendik district on Aug. 18.

Security camera footage has captured the moment a car driven by Turkish Football Federation security official Ebubekir Uçar collided with a light commercial vehicle in Istanbul. The car rolled several times after the crash.

The accident took place at around 5 p.m. on Aug. 17 on Yeni Riva Road in the Acarlar neighborhood. Uçar’s car was traveling in the same direction as the light commercial vehicle when the collision occurred.

Reports said Uçar had allegedly been driving through traffic by cutting between lanes. Emergency medical and police teams were sent to the scene after the crash. Police controlled traffic flow while the response continued, and medical personnel confirmed that Uçar had died.

The footage from nearby security cameras shows the collision and the car overturning repeatedly. A funeral ceremony for Uçar took place on Aug. 18 at Pendik Koca Sinan Mosque. He was buried at Pendik Koca Cemetery after the afternoon prayer.

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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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