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Four killed and one injured in car crash in Çorum
A car plunged down a slope near Bey Mahallesi in Çorum, Turkey, as it travelled from Sarıkaya village toward Bayramören district centre.
The driver lost control, and the car stopped after hitting trees on the slope.
The driver and three passengers died at the scene, while another passenger was injured.
The group had been returning from gathering mushrooms in the village.
Emergency, medical, police and gendarmerie teams went to the crash site, where the vehicle was difficult to reach.
The injured passenger was taken to Çankırı State Hospital for treatment.
Teams were still working to recover the four people who died.
Four people were killed and one was injured when a car rolled down a slope in Çorum.
The driver lost control of the vehicle on the road from Sarıkaya village toward the district centre.
The car stopped after hitting trees on the slope.
The people in the car had gone to the village to collect mushrooms and were returning when the crash happened.
The injured passenger was taken to Çankırı State Hospital.
- Who
- Driver Recep Yazıcı, 77, and passengers Ayşe Öztürk, 56, Fatma Duman, 74, and Kibar Yılmaz, 74, were killed. H.E., 58, was injured.
- What
- A car rolled down a slope, killing four people and injuring one.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Bey Mahallesi, on the road from Sarıkaya village toward the district centre, in Çorum. One report identifies the destination as Bayramören.
- Why
- The driver lost control of the car.
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The people in the car went to a village to collect mushrooms.
The car left the road and rolled down a slope, stopping after hitting trees.
Emergency teams reached the vehicle and found four people dead and one injured.
An ambulance took the injured passenger to Çankırı State Hospital.
- Fatalities
- 4
- Injured
- 1
- Driver
- Recep Yazıcı, 77
- Crash location
- Bey Mahallesi, Çorum
- Hospital
- Çankırı State Hospital