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Fuel tanker overturns and catches fire in Turkey, killing driver
A fuel tanker overturned and caught fire near Şavolet Bridge in southeastern Turkey.
The crash happened on the road between Viranşehir and Mardin.
The tanker was carrying fuel, and its driver was 30-year-old Abdülcelil Yel.
Yel died in the crash.
Firefighters, medical teams and gendarmes were sent to the scene after residents alerted authorities.
Firefighters extinguished the flames, and authorities have opened an investigation.
A fuel tanker overturned and caught fire on the Viranşehir-Mardin highway in Turkey, killing its driver.
The driver was identified as 30-year-old Abdülcelil Yel.
The tanker overturned after its driver lost control near Şavolet Bridge in Viranşehir district.
Firefighters brought the blaze under control and extinguished it.
An investigation was opened into the incident.
- Who
- Tanker driver Abdülcelil Yel, 30, died.
- What
- A fuel tanker overturned and caught fire.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Near Şavolet Bridge on the Viranşehir-Mardin highway, in Viranşehir district, Turkey.
- Why
- The driver lost control of the tanker. The cause of the loss of control is not stated.
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Residents reported that it had caught fire, and firefighting, medical and gendarmerie teams were sent to the scene.
Firefighters brought the flames under control and extinguished the fire.
- Driver
- Abdülcelil Yel, 30
- Vehicle
- Fuel tanker
- Location
- Şavolet Bridge area, Viranşehir-Mardin highway
- Outcome
- The driver died; firefighters extinguished the blaze
- Investigation
- An inquiry was opened