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This is the horrifying moment a couple and their teenage sons lost their lives after their car plunged off a bridge and into a lake below.
Veysel Aydogmus, 37, was driving the white vehicle with his wife Emine Aydogmus, 35, and their sons Batuhan, 16, and Mete, 13, as the family made their way to a picnic in Turkey.
But in a tragic turn of events, the car ended up swerving off the road in packed traffic on a two-way bridge crossing the Seyhan Dam Lake in Adana.
CCTV footage shows the family car slowly driving in the middle of a row of other vehicles on July 21, just moments before the tragic accident.
As a queue of cars pulls out to overtake a slow-moving vehicle, Veysel was seen accelerating too but drove straight into the path of a car overtaking him from behind.
A family of four died after a dad lost control of his car, sending it through a barrier and over a bridge into a lake below in Turkey
Veysel Aydogmus, 37, (top right) pictured with his wife Emine, 35 (top left) and their two sons Batuhan, 16, (bottom right) and Mete, 13, (bottom left) before the accident
When he noticed the car, he seemingly panicked and tried to turn back, ultimately losing control of the vehicle.
After his car zig-zagged uncontrollably for a moment, it veered to the right and crashed through a barrier over the side of the bridge.
Local media reported that Veysel, a restaurant manager, Emine, and both of their teenage sons died in the crash.
Several fire, police, and underwater teams were dispatched to the scene after horrified onlookers sounded the alarm.
According to Turkish newspaper Kozan Ekspres, after four hours of search efforts, the lifeless bodies of Emine, Veysel, and Mete were found after being pulled from the car.
Batuhan was recovered later after it was revealed he had jumped out of the car during the accident, but sank further into the lake as he did not know how to swim.
The car was lifted back onto the bridge by crane as relatives of the family flocked to the scene after receiving the tragic news.
The Aydogmus family were later buried together in the Kizillar village of Kozan district of Adana.
Mete, 13, was the first of the sons recovered after the crash as he was found in the sunken vehicle
Local reports stated Batuhan was found later as he attempted to jump from the vehicle during the accident but did not know how to swim
Pictured: Veysel Aydogmus and Emine Aydogmus before they lost their lives on July 21
The family car was recovered from the Seyhan Dam Lake in Adana after a four hour rescue mission
Veysel's nephew Kemal Aydogmus later blamed the deaths on the bridge's poor safety barriers.
He said: 'The biggest issue we noticed later was that the barriers were in a neglected state.
'They were held together with rusty nuts from the bottom, reinforced with welding, and then painted over.
'We want these to be fixed immediately.
'Our loved ones perished. We don't want anyone else to suffer.'
Police and safety experts are investigating the crash, reports local media.
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