Minibus Overturns Near Beit Shemesh, Injuring Nine

Nine people were injured on Thursday morning when a minibus overturned on Route 353 near the community of Sarigim, in the Beit Shemesh area. Among the injured is a man in his 30s in serious condition, a young man in his late teens in moderate condition, and seven with minor injuries. Magen David Adom (MDA) teams arrived at the scene, provided initial medical treatment, and transported the injured to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.

Yosef Horwitz, an MDA emergency medical technician, described the scene: "We received a report of a minibus self-accident. When we arrived, we saw the minibus overturned on its side with all the passengers nearby. All the injured were fully conscious. We began initial triage. A man in his 30s and a young man in his late teens were seriously and moderately injured, respectively. We provided the seriously injured man with medical treatment including sedation and ventilation, and the moderately injured young man received bandaging and stabilization. Additional MDA teams provided medical treatment to seven lightly injured individuals. We evacuated all the injured by MDA ambulances to hospitals while continuing medical treatment."

Separately, a 26-year-old motorcyclist was moderately injured overnight when he was hit by a vehicle near the Nahalal junction in northern Israel. MDA teams who were called to the scene evacuated him to HaEmek Hospital in Afula with limb injuries, and another person with minor injuries was also evacuated.