Final Forensic Medicine Institute report released: Somali President's son found primarily at fault

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In Fatih, a car driven by Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the son of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, had struck and caused the death of motorcycle courier Yunus Emre Göçer.

While it was revealed after the accident that Mohamud had fled abroad, the final Forensic Medicine Institute report has now been released.

SOMALI PRESIDENT'S SON PRIMARILY AT FAULT

The report stated that the vehicle with license plate 06 CD 4581, driven by the Somali President's son, "did not slow down and struck the motorcycle from the rear right side; as a result of the collision with the motorcycle with license plate 16 AFL 804, the motorcycle was sent spinning; the vehicle could not stop immediately after the impact, and the exact point where it stopped could not be determined as it was not fully visible in the camera angle." The report concluded that "driver Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is primarily at fault, and driver Yunus Emre Göçer bears no attributable fault."

GÖÇER DEEMED SECONDARILY AT FAULT

The report also included the statement that Göçer "was secondarily at fault as he contributed to the accident by maneuvering to the right within the right lane," and Göçer was deemed secondarily at fault.

The report noted the following:

"Upon examination of the entire case file, the suspect's defense, all statements, the accident report, the video surveillance report, the CD containing the camera footage of the moment of the accident, and the expert report, it is understood that the accident occurred as described in the 'INCIDENT' section above; the car driver, who was approaching the scene on a road with clear visibility during the day, should have taken into account that the motorcycle, which was traveling ahead in the same direction/lane (the second lane from the right) and was slowing down while veering to the right, was also changing lanes when he wanted to perform a lane-change maneuver to the right. By failing to comply with these requirements—specifically, by failing to take appropriate braking measures in time, failing to maintain a safe following distance to stop behind the motorcycle, or failing to continue his path in a controlled manner to the left of the motorcycle—he is primarily at fault. The motorcycle driver, who can be seen in the footage changing lanes to the right and subsequently reducing his speed to a near-stop before making a final slight maneuver to the right, failed to perform sufficient mirror checks regarding the movement of the car approaching from behind and failed to consider that the car was also changing lanes. By reducing his speed to a near-stop on this road with an 80 km/h speed limit and finally maneuvering to the right within the right lane he was in, he contributed to the accident, and our committee has evaluated him as being secondarily at fault, leading to the following conclusion."