The lifeless body of Doğan Arslan, one of the missing individuals from a vehicle that was swept away by floodwaters in the Gebze district of Kocaeli, has been recovered. This brings the number of people who lost their lives in the incident to 2.
In the Kadıllı neighborhood of Gebze district, a vehicle carrying 3 people had been swept away due to the flood. While one of the occupants managed to escape on their own, 2 people had gone missing.
Search and rescue teams, including Kocaeli and İstanbul Pendik gendarmerie units, as well as fire department, medical, AFAD, and underwater search teams, had launched operations in the area to locate the missing individuals. As part of the search and rescue efforts, the body of Fatih Demirtaş (32) had been recovered earlier.
As a result of the efforts carried out by the teams since yesterday, the lifeless body of Doğan Arslan was found in the morning hours in the village of Göçbeyli in Pendik, in an area near the creek bank.
News Source: 12punto
