The out-of-control truck in Sultangazi, Istanbul crashed into five vehicles and then stopped. 1 person was injured in the accident.
The accident occurred at around 8:30 p.m. on Arnavutköy-Habipler road in Sultangazi.
First, the truck stopped and hit a parked excavator and then hit four parked cars because driver Ercan C. lost control.
Fire, emergency medical and police teams attended the address after receiving reports from surrounding residents. Driver Mehmet Ş., trapped in the car that was hit by a truck. He was rescued by the fire department.
Truck driver Ercan C., who was found to have suffered minor injuries in the accident when examined by the medical team, was taken to the hospital by ambulance. ACCIDENTS ON CAMERA The moment the truck lost control and plowed straight into vehicles was recorded by a security camera of a nearby workplace. In the video, the moment the truck crashed into a parked excavator and then four parked vehicles was recorded. “He said I had a cough” Ahmet Kankılıç, who witnessed the accident, said: “We heard a sound, we ran towards the sound, a truck crushed 3 cars there. In the car in front there was a family, we went to assist them but everyone was in good condition, thank God. According to the man, he left one of his friends at the gas station and then said: 'I had a coughing fit'. That is why he out of control.”
