One Dead, 20 Injured in Severe Northern Israel Bus-Truck Collision
Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba
A fatal road accident on Route 91 in northern Israel on Wednesday resulted in one death and approximately 20 injuries when a truck collided with a bus. The bus driver, 61, was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver suffered severe injuries and was airlifted to Ziv Hospital, while 18 bus passengers with minor injuries were also hospitalized. Emergency services worked to extricate victims from the wreckage.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- One person died and about 20 were injured in a severe bus-truck crash on Route 91.
- The bus driver, 61, was killed, and 18 passengers sustained light injuries.
- The truck driver was seriously injured and airlifted to Ziv Hospital.
- The accident occurred near the Mahanayim Junction in northern Israel on Wednesday.
- Firefighters extracted victims, while MDA paramedics provided medical treatment.
A man was killed and approximately 20 people were injured in a severe road accident on Route 91 near the Mahanayim Junction in northern Israel on Wednesday. The collision involved a truck and a bus. Emergency medical services pronounced the 61-year-old bus driver dead at the scene after resuscitation efforts failed. Fire and rescue teams from the Galil-Golan station worked to extract the driver, who was trapped and deceased inside the bus.
Another individual, the truck driver, sustained serious injuries and was evacuated by MDA-Hatzalah helicopter to Ziv Hospital. Eighteen passengers from the bus, all around 20 years old, were treated for light injuries at the scene and then evacuated by MDA ambulances to the hospital.
Incident commander Dror Bohnik of the Fire and Rescue Services described the scene as a "very severe road accident" and noted the firefighters' efforts to rescue the trapped individual. MDA emergency medical technician Gilעד Ben Hamo called the accident "shocking," detailing the extensive damage to the vehicles and the critical condition of the bus driver upon extrication. He also described the truck driver's severe leg injuries and the evacuation of the lightly injured passengers.
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