Two Cars Collide Head-On in Tekirdag, Injuring Six, Including Three Children
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- Two cars collided head-on at the Tugay Junction on the Çerkezköy-Istanbul road, injuring six people, including three children.
- Firefighters freed two people trapped inside the vehicles, and ambulances took all six injured people to Çerkezköy State Hospital.
- Police opened an investigation into the crash.
Two cars collided head-on at the Tugay Junction in Çerkezköy, sending both vehicles into the median and injuring six people, including three children.
The crash occurred at about 7:45 p.m. A car traveling from Kapaklı toward Istanbul collided with another vehicle heading from the junction toward Çerkezköy. The impact sent one of the cars into a traffic-signal pole, causing it to fall.
Two people became trapped inside the vehicles. Firefighters freed them after emergency health, fire and police teams arrived at the scene. The six injured people received initial treatment before ambulances took them to Çerkezköy State Hospital.
Police began examining the circumstances of 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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