Sergeant missing in stream in Hakkari

HAKKARİ – Doğan News Agency

Three people were killed in accidents as they were celebrating sending young men to start their compulsory military service. in İzmir. AA Photo

A sergeant went missing early today after accidentally falling into a stream in the eastern province of Hakkari’s Şemdinli district.

The sergeant fell into the Hacıbey Stream while he was trying to cut the ropes of an informal cable bridge reportedly used by smugglers in the town of Derecik near the Iraq border. Rescue efforts were started in the area to find the missing sergeant.

Rescue efforts were started in the area to find the missing sergeant.

In a separate incident, a private was killed after he fell from a reef in the western province of Çanakkale on May 4 while off duty.

Ramazan Çiftçioğlu, 20, was hospitalized after falling from a 30-meter-high reef, but he later died in the hospital. The police started an investigation into the incident.

Meanwhile, three people were killed in accidents as they were celebrating sending young men to start their compulsory military service. Driver İbrahim Boyar, 23, and his brother would-be soldier Burak Boyar, 20, were killed in the car accident in İzmir’s Ödemiş district after a celebration before leaving for the military service.

Another car accident take place in Kastamonu province yesterday with one person killed and two wounded, including a would-be conscript.

Özcan Çoğalan, 30, was killed in the accident that took place after a celebration. Soldier candidate Ercan Gücükçakır, 23, and Sebahattin Çoğalan were wounded.