World · Europe · 3 hrs ago
Seven injured in four-car crash on Kırıkkale-Ankara road
A four-car crash injured seven people on the Kırıkkale-Ankara highway in Turkey, near the Hacıbalı Organized Industrial Zone.
The injured included three children and were passengers in the vehicles.
The crash began when one car stopped suddenly, and three vehicles behind it collided in turn.
Initial findings suggested the three following drivers had not kept a safe distance, and an investigation has begun.
The injured were taken to two hospitals, and none was in life-threatening danger.
The crash briefly reduced traffic to one controlled lane, causing long queues at a junction connecting 43 provinces.
Traffic returned to normal after the damaged vehicles were cleared from the road.
A four-car crash on the Kırıkkale-Ankara road injured seven people.
The crash occurred near the Hacıbalı Organized Industrial Zone in Kırıkkale.
The injured passengers were taken to two hospitals, and none was in life-threatening condition.
Traffic was restricted to one controlled lane for a time, then returned to normal after the vehicles were removed.
- Who
- Seven passengers were injured.
- What
- Four cars were involved in a chain-reaction crash.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Near the Hacıbalı Organized Industrial Zone on the Kırıkkale-Ankara road.
- Why
- The first car stopped suddenly, and an initial assessment found that the drivers of the three following cars had not kept a safe following distance.
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Emergency medical, police and gendarmerie teams were sent to the scene.
The injured passengers were taken by ambulance to Yüksek İhtisas Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine Hospital.
Traffic flow returned to normal.
- Vehicles involved
- Four cars
- Injured
- Seven passengers
- Children injured
- Three
- Crash location
- Hacıbalı Organized Industrial Zone, Kırıkkale-Ankara road
- Condition of injured
- None was in life-threatening condition
What people are saying
When the vehicle in front of us stopped, we stopped too. The vehicle behind could not slow down and hit us.