A hapless woman was hit by a car on a pedestrian crossing before a second car hit her as she waited for an ambulance.
CCTV footage shows how a white hatchback tosses Embiye Karagöz and her handbag into the air as she crosses the road.
The driver stops the car and gets out to help her, along with another person nearby.
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Moments later, others run over to the scene and assist the 64-year-old as she sits injured on the tarmac.
As they wait for an ambulance, several vehicles pass them by slowly.
But the driver of a burgundy saloon fails to spot the group in time.
He ploughs into the crowd, knocking Karagöz further down the road and also felling one of her helpers.
The men at the scene try to lift the car to untrap the pensioner from its front wheel.
The drama happened on Thursday (2 January) morning in Adapazarı, east-south-east of Istanbul, Turkey.
Karagöz was on her way to Quran class when the accidents, which happened five minutes apart, took place.
Paramedics arrived at the scene and gave her first aid before taking her to a local hospital, as reported by Need To Know.
The second driver, identified in reports as M.G., was still at large at the time of the last update on Saturday (4 January).
The first driver, M.D., reportedly told those at the scene: “The sun was in my eyes; I didn’t see her.”
According to her daughter Emel Karagöz Başarış, Karagöz is sedated in the ICU with internal bleeding.
She told local media: “There’s no safety for pedestrians, not even at a crossing.
“I can’t bring myself to watch the footage properly because my mother is in intensive care.
“We don’t know what will happen. I just hope no one else has to go through something like this.”
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