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Driver in Istanbul pushes car into pedestrians on a green light

In Istanbul, a driver drove toward pedestrians while the light was green for them and shouted at a woman, "Urgent, urgent! Get out of there!" A wedding decoration was seen on the car's mirror.

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Pedestrians crossing the street on a green light, with a white minibus behind them and a partly visible car at right.
Pedestrians crossing at a green light at an Istanbul crosswalk. Photo: Bora Haber

In Istanbul, a driver drove toward pedestrians while the light was green for them. The driver shouted at a woman on the road, "Urgent, urgent! Get out of there!"

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A wedding decoration was seen on the car's mirror. Based on this detail, the driver was presumed to be trying to make it to a wedding.

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