8 Kasım 2024 Cuma

"Beat & Release": Scooter Rider Hit by Truck Cab at Its "Blind Spot", in Pendik

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 8 November 2024)















                               Vehicular mismatch.

Ecem Sultan Çamlı (28) worked as an engineer at an aerospace
technology firm in Istanbul.  On 5 November on her way to 
work on her scooter at around 0845, she was hit by a TIR cab
(tractor-trailer) driven by Hasan Furkan Çolak (24) and dragged
150 meters.  Ecem Sultan hanım died at a hospital from her 
injuries. 

Çolak was taken into custody for "causing death by neglect".
In his statement Çolak related that "As I was heading toward
Sabiha Gökçen Airport, I heard the cars behind me beeping 
their horns so I stopped my truck, got out and saw an injured
person, whose name I learned was Ecem Sultan Çamlı, lying
on the ground in back of the truck.  I found out from the 
onlookers that I had hit this woman on her scooter.  I myself
did not see the incident because the deceased was riding her
scooter at the right front blind spot of my truck.  I did not
feel or sense that I had hit anything."















"In any case, I went to her and asked about her condition.
She replied that she was OK but was having trouble 
breathing.  She was taken to a hospital in an ambulance.
I don't think I was at fault in the accident.  The right lane
was closed and I was in the far left lane because I was 
going to turn 40-50 meters later.  I do not accept the blame
that has been cast upon me."



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