On January 20, 1989, the bus carrying the Samsunspor team collided with a truck and rolled into a ditch at the exit of H...avza district. In the accident, Muzaffer Badalıoğlu, pictured here, died in the hospital, while Zoran Tomic died in his home country after six months in a coma. Emin Kar and Erol Dinler were injured in the accident and forced to quit football. Nasır Beadini, who survived the accident with injuries, died in another traffic accident in 1992 while playing for Kayserispor. Samsunspor could not continue the 1988-89 season. Thanks to a special status granted by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), they were not relegated.