Report in case of death of 10-year-old Alper in Kahramankazan: Vehicle dragged him 31.10 metres

The Forensic Medicine Institute's Extended Board of Experts determined in its report dated 15 October that the vehicle with plate 06 HCS 34 struck the electric bicycle and dragged it 31.10 metres before coming to a stop, and that 10-year-old Alper Yusuf Polat was thrown 9.30 metres beyond the point where the vehicle stopped. The report stated that the driver entered the intersection at a speed unsuitable for the road and traffic conditions, did not exercise the necessary care and attention, and was therefore primarily at fault; the exact speed of the vehicle at the moment of impact could not be determined numerically.

The accident occurred on 22 June at the intersection of Söğüt Street and Çaldıran Street in the Kahramankazan district of Ankara. The driver, F. O., is being tried in detention. The first hearing at the Kahramankazan 1st Criminal Court of First Instance was held on 7 October and the second on 11 November. At the hearing, the request by the lawyer for Alper Yusuf's family to investigate additional camera footage and phone records was rejected by the court on the grounds that it would not add anything new to the case file. The court ruled that the defendant's detention should continue and postponed the third hearing to 18 November.

Driver F. O. stated in his testimony that he was travelling at about 50 kilometres per hour, while the family objects to this statement and argues that the vehicle was moving at a much higher speed.

Speaking to members of the press at the site of the accident, mother Zehra Alkan said that her son was the family's only child and eldest grandchild: "My son Alper Yusuf was 10 years old. He was a lovely boy. He was my only child, my only child. It was the first time he was going to the market on his own. And for the first time, he could not return home from the place he went to alone."

Alkan said, "The man's speed is still not clear. He says he was going 50. He was coming so fast that he could only stop after 31 metres and threw my son another 9 metres further. His speed is not 50, but it is being assessed on the basis of 50."

Noting that there are three schools near the accident site, Alkan claimed that the route is also used by school service vehicles, parents and teachers, and that there are four speed bumps on the road before reaching the accident site.

Grandfather Ali Alkan also drew attention to the distance of the throw after the collision, saying, "It is clear that the speed was not slow. If the speed had not been this high, the child might perhaps have survived with injuries. The only issue is speed."

The family, arguing that there are witness statements indicating the defendant spoke on the phone after the accident, requested that the HTS records be examined. The family also claimed that about eight minutes of footage is missing from the security camera recordings of a hobby garden at the accident site.