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Truck hits car stopped in emergency lane on TEM: 1 child killed, 3 injured
A truck hit a car that had pulled into the emergency lane after breaking down on the TEM Highway in Kartepe, Kocaeli, killing 7-year-old E. and injuring three members of the same family.
The accident occurred around 2:00 a.m. on the TEM Highway's Kartepe section near Maşukiye Mahallesi. The car with license plate 34 FUN 897, driven by İ. M. and heading towards Ankara, broke down and was pulled into the emergency lane by its driver.
While İ. M. and his wife G. M., who had gotten out of the car, were checking the vehicle, a truck with trailer plate 27 ANA 796, whose driver's name could not be learned, hit the car. The impact dragged the car, while the truck crashed into roadside trees and overturned into an irrigation canal.
Upon notification by bystanders, gendarmerie, fire brigade and medical teams were dispatched to the scene. Medical teams determined that E. M. (7), who was in the car, had lost his life. İ. M., his wife G. M. and the couple's other child, who were injured in the accident, were taken to nearby hospitals by ambulances.
After crime scene investigation teams completed their work, E. M.'s body was taken to the morgue of Kocaeli State Hospital for an autopsy. The truck driver was taken to the gendarmerie station to give a statement. An investigation into the accident has been launched.
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