A motorcycle driver was killed in a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred early Wednesday afternoon 3 Av on HaHeresh St. at the corner of Halutzei Hata’asiya in Haifa.

United Hatzalah emergency medical service volunteers responded to the incident and reported that the body of the driver was trapped underneath a truck that was involved in the accident. Fire and Rescue crews were working for more than 20 minutes to retrieve the body of the motorcycle driver.

Volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah Yitzchak Ma’ayan said “When I arrived at the scene together with another volunteer EMT from the ambucycle division of United Hatzalah, we found the body of the young man trapped underneath the truck.

“The young man was unconscious and was suffering from severe and critical injuries to his entire system. Fire and Rescue Crews worked tirelessly to extract his body from underneath the truck, and unfortunately, the young man was pronounced dead at the scene”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo Credit: United Hatzalah)