Woman Dies in Crash Near Acre, Daughter Injured

A 59-year-old woman died Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 85 near the Acre junction in northern Israel. Her 29-year-old daughter sustained moderate injuries in the crash. Emergency medical teams who arrived at the scene found the mother in critical condition and transported both women to the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, where the mother was pronounced dead. According to the National Road Safety Authority, 391 people have died in road accidents across Israel since the beginning of the year, including seven in the past week alone.

MDA paramedic Avraham Kissus and medic Reut Masali described the scene as a "very severe car accident" where two vehicles collided. "In one of the vehicles, two women were trapped. One of them was in critical condition, without a pulse or breathing. We provided her with medical treatment and evacuated her to the hospital while performing resuscitation efforts. Another injured woman was evacuated in moderate condition," they stated.

The Galilee Medical Center reported that two patients, a mother (59) and her daughter (29), were brought to the emergency room by MDA teams following the accident on Highway 85 near the Acre junction. The mother arrived in critical condition and underwent extensive resuscitation efforts, but medical staff were ultimately forced to declare her death. The hospital extended its condolences to the family. The daughter, who was injured in the same incident, is currently undergoing tests and treatment. Her condition is stable, she is fully conscious, and her condition is defined as moderate.

This incident follows a fatal motorcycle crash on Thursday night on Highway 471 near the Gat Rimon interchange, east of Petah Tikva, which killed a 35-year-old rider. Earlier on Wednesday, two people died in separate road accidents within an hour: an approximately 80-year-old woman was killed and two others were moderately and lightly injured in a collision on Highway 7 near Gedera, and shortly after, a 28-year-old man died when his car overturned on Highway 6 near Kiryat Gat.