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Fatal Accident Blocks Route 4 Near Or Akiva

A man in his twenties was killed on Highway 4 near Or Akiva on Sunday evening after a bus struck his electric scooter or bicycle. The bus driver was lightly injured, and police traffic investigators opened an inquiry.

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What happened

01A man in his twenties was killed on Highway 4 near Or Akiva after a bus struck his electric scooter or bicycle.
02Alarab said the victim was riding an electric bicycle, while other reports described the vehicle as an electric scooter.
03The bus driver, described by Alarab as a man around 50, suffered minor injuries in the crash.
04Alarab said the injured driver was taken to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera for treatment.
05Magen David Adom pronounced the rider dead at the scene, and the victim’s identity was not released.
06Police accident investigators from the Menashe region opened an inquiry and collected evidence at the site near Or Akiva.
07Hamal said Highway 4 was closed northbound from the Or Akiva junction to the Peli'am junction, and drivers were told to use alternate routes.

The crash happened near the Or Akiva junction on Route 4, with reports describing the rider as being in his twenties and the bus driver as a man around 50. Alarab said the victim was riding an electric bicycle, while other reports described an electric scooter.

Magen David Adom and emergency services pronounced the rider dead at the scene. Alarab said the bus driver was taken with minor injuries to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, while the other reports said only that the driver was injured.

Police accident investigators from the Menashe region, along with officers from the Hadera station, were at the scene collecting evidence and examining the circumstances of the collision. Hamal said Highway 4 was closed northbound from the Or Akiva junction to the Peli'am junction, and drivers were told to use alternative routes.

Summarized by baba from the reports of 6 newsrooms. Updated 21:55