Man killed in car-truck collision in Negev
A man about 50 years old was killed in a collision between a car and a truck on Route 80 near Tel Arad junction in the Negev. In the accident, a man about 35 was seriously injured and a man about 45 was moderately injured. Police opened an investigation into the circumstances and blocked the road in both directions. The injured were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva.
A man about 50 years old was killed this evening (Tuesday) in a collision between a car and a truck on Route 80, near Tel Arad junction in the Negev. In the accident, a man about 35 was seriously injured with multi-system trauma, and a man about 45 was moderately injured with abdominal and limb injuries. Police opened an investigation into the circumstances and blocked the road to traffic in both directions. The two injured were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva. Paramedic Muhammad Abu Mutair, senior medic Sa'ar Shchori, and medic Anwar Abu Farid from MDA said that there was a great commotion at the scene and a vehicle with significant sheet-metal damage. They saw a man trapped, unconscious, without pulse and without breathing, with very severe injuries to his body. During rescue operations, they performed medical checks but had to determine his death. Meanwhile, they provided life-saving medical treatment to the two injured and evacuated them to the hospital. Earlier today, two women were killed in an accident involving three buses on David Remez Street in Ashkelon. Medical teams determined the death of a 60-year-old woman at the scene, and evacuated two more injured women to Barzilai Hospital, where one of them was pronounced dead. The third woman is hospitalized in moderate condition.