Electric Scooter Rider Killed in Bus Collision Near Or Akiva

An approximately 25-year-old electric scooter rider was killed Sunday evening when he was struck by a bus on Highway 4, near Or Akiva. Paramedics who arrived at the scene found the rider unconscious with no pulse or breathing and multiple systemic injuries, and pronounced him dead at the scene. The bus driver, around 50 years old, sustained minor injuries and was taken to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.

Magen David Adom paramedic Yedidya Azulay, along with colleagues Roi Gimpovitz and Yosef Friedman, described finding the scooter rider "lying on the side of the road unconscious, without pulse or breathing, suffering from multiple systemic injuries after being hit by a bus while riding." They added that after medical examinations, "his injury was critical, and we had no choice but to pronounce him dead at the scene." They also provided medical treatment and evacuated the bus driver to the hospital in light condition.

The accident adds to a deadly weekend on Israeli roads. On Saturday evening, a man in his mid-30s died in a collision between a truck and a private car on Highway 465 near Kfar Abbud, in the Ramallah area. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene and treated two other injured individuals, a man in his 30s in moderate condition and another lightly injured person, who were evacuated by the Red Crescent. In another accident on Saturday, two young men, both around 18 years old, were killed in a collision between two private vehicles on Highway 6678 near Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, in the Beit She'an area. Paramedics pronounced them dead at the scene and treated three injured individuals, including a woman in her mid-20s in moderate condition and two others lightly injured.