Two people missing after van swept away in Istanbul stream
Driver escaped by breaking the window; search teams continue looking for two passengers.
KEY POINTS
- Van with three people swept away in stream near Istanbul-Kocaeli border
- Driver Mustafa Deniz Ertaş escaped and was hospitalised
- Passengers Doğan Arslan and Fatih Demirtaş are still missing
- Search teams working at three locations with drone support
A van carrying three people was swept away by a swollen stream on the border between Istanbul and Kocaeli late Saturday evening. The vehicle had left Kadıllı in Gebze heading for Istanbul.
Driver Mustafa Deniz Ertaş escaped by breaking the van's window and clinging to a tree branch. He was taken to hospital after being helped to safety by local residents.
“Three of us broke the van's window and got out, but I have had no news of my friends so far.”
Passengers Doğan Arslan and Fatih Demirtaş remain missing. Ertaş said he last saw them after they exited the vehicle.
AFAD, fire brigades, jandarma, municipal search teams and underwater rescue units are searching at three points along the stream with drone support. The stream flows toward Ömerli Dam.
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