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The car carrying the licence plate "33 AAB 33" and driven by İYİ Party Mersin MP Zeki Hakan Sıdalı hit 18-year-old Beşir Kaya, who was trying to cross the Uzundere Crossroad on İzmir-Aydın Highway last evening (August 11).
While Kaya lost his life at the scene of incident, his dead body has been sent to the İzmir Forensic Medicine Institute for post-mortem examination.
In his first statement to the police, MP Sıdalı said that while he was en route on the highway, someone rushed out in front of the car. Sıdalı also added that he immediately stopped his car after the incident and called the police. (HA/SD)