Bus Driver Killed, 19 Injured in Major Road Accident in Northern Israel
Translated & summarized from Alarab by baba
A bus driver was killed and 19 others were injured, including one seriously, in a collision between a bus and a truck on Highway 91 in northern Israel. Magen David Adom paramedics pronounced the 61-year-old bus driver dead at the scene after attempting resuscitation. The truck driver sustained serious lower extremity injuries and was airlifted to the hospital, while 18 passengers with minor injuries were taken by ambulance. Authorities are investigating the cause of the severe accident.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- A 61-year-old bus driver died in a crash on Highway 91 in northern Israel.
- A truck driver suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to the hospital.
- Eighteen passengers on the bus sustained minor injuries.
- The accident involved a bus and a truck near the Mahanaim junction.
- Emergency services worked to rescue trapped individuals and treat the injured.
A 61-year-old bus driver died and a 50-year-old truck driver sustained serious injuries in a severe road accident involving a bus and a truck near the Mahanaim junction in northern Israel on Thursday. Eighteen other individuals on the bus suffered minor injuries. Emergency medical services, Magen David Adom, reported that their teams attempted resuscitation on the bus driver, who was trapped and unconscious inside the vehicle, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver sustained serious injuries to his lower extremities and was airlifted to the hospital by Magen David Adom helicopter. The 18 passengers with minor injuries were transported to the hospital by ambulance. A paramedic at the scene described the crash as "horrific," noting extensive damage to the front of both vehicles. Fire and rescue services also worked to extricate victims, confirming one fatality and one seriously injured individual airlifted to the hospital, while 20 others with minor injuries received medical treatment. Authorities are continuing to manage the aftermath of the incident.
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