Last minute: The heavy rainfall in the Western Black Sea Region caused floods in many provinces. The lifeless body of 34-year-old digger operator Okan Bayrak, who got lost in flood waters in Düzce, has been found. During the search efforts that have been going on for days, Bayrak’s lifeless body was found in the water in Yayakbaşı village, 30 km from where he disappeared. Here are the details of the breaking news…
CALLS STARTED AGAIN TODAY
The work, which was started to find the operator Okan Bayrak (34), who was lost when one side of the bridge collapsed while working in the flooded area and the bucket got caught in the water, and which was interrupted yesterday evening due to the dark, has resumed today.
Searching along the stream bed and Melen Stream, AFAD, JAK, IHH, firefighters, Gendarmerie Search dogs, AFAD Drone team, Gendarmerie aram helicopter and diver policemen of the Security Directorate swept the area in order to reach Bayrak.
While UMKE teams and an ambulance were kept ready in the region, the evacuation of the water in the area where the operator was flooded with a bucket continued with pumps.
FOUND 30 KM FROM THE LOST PLACE
Concentrating their search efforts in and around the Melen Stream, a team of approximately 400 people found a body in the water in the Yayakbaşı village location.
In the examination, it was determined that the body belonged to Okan Bayrak.
Düzce Governor Cevdet Atay told Anadolu Agency (AA) that they evaluated the report that there was a corpse in the Melen Stream from Yayakbaşı village and said, “The body has been found. The father said that the body belonged to his son. We have now reached the operator according to the information given by his father. Our prosecutor will examine it. He is in the Melen Stream. The body was found about 30 kilometers from where he disappeared.” used the phrases.
The teams that carried out the dredging work in the creek bed had found the construction machine and shoes that Bayrak had previously used.
Source: AA