Both signalmen hastily informed authorized officials around by phone about a possible collision, and requested sending of rescue teams to the railway line position at 34–35 km (21–22 mi).
[1] The collision occurred at 35 km (22 mi) on the railway line from Istanbul Sirkeci Terminal, and almost completely wrecked the motor train.
95 people including five crew members of the motor train were killed and 150 passengers were injured.
The governor of Istanbul Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Istanbul Chief of Police Hayrettin Nakipoğlu, Bakırköy District Prosecutor and Sirkeci Terminal Operations Deputy Director arrived at the crash scene right after the midnight to administer the rescue efforts.
The smashed train wreckage had to be cut apart by oxy-fuel welding in order to recover the bodies of the dead and injured.
[1] Following the completion of the works for wreckage removal, the railway line was re-opened to traffic at 20:00 hours local time the next day.
[1] An inspector of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) prepared an accident investigation expertise for the court, in which the following failures were outlined: On 26 March 1959 the First Criminal Court in Istanbul found the signalmen Cahit Fırat 60% and Baki İnözü 40% of guilty, and sentenced them to three years and two-and-half-years in prison respectively.