
11 people lost their lives and 57 others were injured in a bloody car accident involving 7 vehicles in northwestern Turkey's Sangari province, which belongs to the Marmara department.
According to Hurriyet newspaper, the fatal accident happened on the Northern Marmara highway at around 4:30 am and is believed to have been caused by the dense fog that had covered the area, started when a car hit a truck. After the first collision, some passengers got out of their cars to see what happened and were hit by the speeding vehicles, as explained by the governor of Sangario, Yasar Karadeniz. Seven of the injured are in a serious condition, while there are strong fire and police forces at the scene who are conducting investigations to clarify the circumstances of the accident.
The road to Istanbul is still blocked, according to local media.
The accident happened around 4:30 a.m. on Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu's Sakarya Dağdibi mevkisinde. Among them, 3 buses and 1 TIR were involved in a 7-car chain traffic accident. İhbar ırında çok sıldık itfaiye, 112 acil sağlık, polis ve jandarma ekibi sevk edeldi.… pic.twitter.com/oYUJzI5bmo
— Hürriyet.com.tr (@Hurriyet) December 28, 2023
Sakarya'da chain accident: 11 ölü, 57 injured
— Haber Report (@HaberReport) December 28, 2023
Sakarya'da, Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu'nda, ınş sis vıldın 3'ü yolcu otüsü, 7 ağılin kaşıtığı chainırleme traffic kazasında 11 people died, 57 people were injured. pic.twitter.com/qp57CEyDbI
Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu'nun Sakarya kesiminde 7 vehicles involved in the accident, 11 people died, 57 people were injured.
— Sabah (@sabah) December 28, 2023
Olay yirini jandarma, sağlık, itfaiye, AFAD ve Karayolları ekipleri sevk edeldi. pic.twitter.com/cr1QBstoJq