A civilian vehicle used by the police hit 4-year-old boy Umut Ö. in the Aşağı neighborhood in Şırnak’s Idil district Sunday at noon. Umut is currently in the ICU in an induced coma.

Umut Ö. was ran over by the police vehicle and was taken to the district public hospital first, later to be transferred to the Cizre Public Hospital. By the evening, he was transferred to a private hospital in Batman.

The family spoke about their child’s situation and said that Umut was playing in front of their home when a civilian police vehicle ran him over, causing a serious head injury. Umut is being treated in the ICU with swelling in the frontal cortex and liquid in his lungs. He has been put in an induced coma.