Türkiye: Pickup truck plunges hundreds of meters down ravine in Türkiye’s Black Sea region.

SHOTLIST: GIRESUN, TÜRKİYE (MAY 18, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF PICKUP TRUCK PLUNGING DOWN RAVINE 2. VARIOUS OF INJURED MAN, SURVIVOR OF ACCIDENT, RECEP YILDIZ SITTING ON SOFA 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) INJURED MAN RECEP YILDIZ, SAYING: “I needed a car, so I called a friend. He told me, ‘Recep, my car is not available.’ Then I called another friend. He came to my house with the car. I loaded the belongings into the car. We went to my father’s house. We unloaded the belongings there. While we were returning to my house, there was a bend in the road. I told my friend, ‘You took the bend too narrow,’ and then the car lost control. The car flipped several times. He said to me, ‘Brother Recep, we are going.’ I do not remember the rest. I was thrown about 200 meters down. The owner of the car was thrown about 50 meters. When I fell out of the car, I got up and sat down. I called the neighbors... My friends came and said, ‘Let’s take you to the doctor.’ I sat there and thanked God. Then the medical teams arrived. After being thrown from the car, I sat where I had fallen. I do not remember whether I flew out through the window or the door. Then I felt that my disabled leg had been broken. My leg started hurting. I thanked God. Surviving a car that flew 200 meters down into the tea fields without serious injury is a miracle from God.” 4. VARIOUS OF INJURED MAN SITTING ON SOFAGIRESUN, TÜRKİYE - MAY 18: A pickup truck plunged hundreds of meters down a steep ravine in Türkiye’s Black Sea province of Giresun on Monday, May 18, injuring two men. The vehicle rolled down a tea-covered hillside after the driver reportedly lost control on a bend in the road. Emergency medical teams and gendarmerie units were dispatched to the area after residents alerted authorities. Recep Yildiz, who was injured in the crash and survived with a broken leg and multiple injuries, recalled the moments before the vehicle plunged into the ravine. Yildiz said the driver lost control after taking a bend too narrowly, causing the car to flip several times and plunge into tea fields. He said he was thrown nearly 200 meters down the hillside and described surviving the crash without serious injuries as “a miracle from God.”