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Fatal Road Accident Near Omer Claims One Life, Injures Another

A man in his 30s was killed and another was moderately injured on Wednesday evening in a severe two-vehicle collision on Route 60 near Omer in the Negev.

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What happened

01Muadh Abu Kaf from Umm Batin died on Wednesday evening in a two-vehicle collision on Route 60 near Omer.
02Emergency medical services received the first report of the severe crash at 6:51 PM.
03Firefighters from the Be'er Sheva station performed a complex rescue operation to extricate Abu Kaf from his vehicle.
04Paramedics pronounced Abu Kaf dead at the scene due to severe, multi-system trauma.
05Another man in his 30s was moderately injured in the collision and received initial medical treatment.
06The injured man was evacuated by Magen David Adom to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva.
07Traffic police have launched an investigation into the circumstances and cause of the fatal accident.

Emergency services received the initial report of the crash at 6:51 PM. Responding teams from Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah arrived to find both private vehicles with massive structural damage. Firefighters from the Be'er Sheva station used specialized equipment in a complex rescue operation to extricate one of the drivers who was trapped inside his vehicle.

According to Alarab, the deceased driver was Muadh Abu Kaf, a young man from the Negev village of Umm Batin. Paramedics found him with no pulse or respiration, suffering from severe multi-system trauma, and pronounced him dead at the scene.

The second driver, also in his 30s, sustained moderate multi-system injuries. He received initial medical treatment at the site before being evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva. Traffic police have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the collision.

Summarized by baba from the reports of 12 newsrooms. Updated 7 Oct, 21:16