Nine Injured in Minibus Rollover Near Shargim, One Critically

Nine people were injured early this morning when a minibus overturned on Route 353 near the community of Shargim. According to Magen David Adom (MDA), a man in his 30s sustained serious injuries, an 18-year-old suffered moderate injuries, and seven others had minor injuries. The report of the accident reached MDA's Jerusalem region dispatch center at 6:03 AM. Medical teams and firefighters from the Beit Shemesh station were dispatched to the scene to rescue the nine passengers trapped inside the vehicle who could not exit on their own. After their extrication, MDA teams provided medical treatment to the injured. The critically injured man was sedated and ventilated, while the moderately injured youth, who sustained multi-system trauma, received bandaging and stabilization. All injured were evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. MDA paramedic Yosef Horwitz stated that upon the arrival of medical teams, the passengers were outside the minibus and fully conscious. "We began with initial triage," he described. "We provided medical treatment to the seriously injured, including sedation and ventilation, and to the moderately injured youth, bandaging and stabilization." Fire and Rescue Services incident commander Zecharya Rafael reported, "Upon our arrival, we identified a minibus that had fallen to the roadside with nine trapped individuals inside. We acted quickly and professionally to rescue all passengers and transfer them for medical treatment."