- Emre Temel, 26, filmed livestreamed the crash that left him in critical condition
- Wife Tugba Temel, 25, shrieks as the vehicle hits him so fast it burst a tyre
- He is fighting for his life in a brain surgery department after hitting his head
- Mrs Temel hopes to use the footage as ‘strongest proof’ against the driver
Disturbing video captured the moment a speeding car mowed down a man outside a restaurant after he inadvertently filmed the incident.
Emre Temel, 26, was waiting to buy meatballs in Turkey with wife Tugba, 25, outside the eatery in the Ilkadim district of Samsun Province.
After parking his motorcycle outside the Black Sea coast restaurant, Mr Temel livestreamed the queue and recorded a white car ploughing into him after stepping into the road.
His wife is heard screaming as it rams into Mr Temel after speeding so fast its tyre burst.
Mrs Temel says her husband is in critical condition at Ondokuz Mayis University Medicine Faculty Hospital’s Brain Surgery Service after hitting his head on the ground.
Emre Temel accidentally livestreamed himself being hit by a car while queuing in Turkey
‘At the moment my husband is still fighting for life,’ she said. ‘I hope he will be alright.’
She hopes the footage will help convict the driver, who she confronted after the crash.
The car was going so fast it burst its tyre after hitting Mr Temel outside the restaurant
‘That night I went out with my husband.
‘Then on our way to home we wanted to buy raw meatballs. There was a queue in front of the restaurant so we started waiting.
‘All of a sudden the accident happened. I saw my husband on the ground.
The vehicle can bee seen speeding as it grows nearer to the couple queuing for meatballs
‘He never does livestreaming but that night he wanted to do. Fortunately he did.
‘This became the strongest proof. I cannot describe what I felt those moments.’
One witness described how Mrs Temel raged at the driver while her husband lay injured on the floor.
The car ploughed into Mr Temel with the footage also capturing his wife screaming in terror
‘He tumbled and hit the ground with his head,’ he said. ‘We called an ambulance.
‘The paramedics intervened. The police came. The tyre of the car burst from the hit.
‘The victim showed her reaction to the driver.’
It is not known whether the unnamed driver was arrested.