A chain of tragic events has all but destroyed a northern area family on Wednesday, resulting in the hospitalization of the mother and the death of the father.

A 46-year-old northern resident set out for Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center, where his wife is admitted in serious condition for an illness. He was traveling with the couple’s 16-year-old daughter. The vehicle came to a halt on the Coastal Road, apparently out of gas.

According to Israel Police traffic accident inspector Commander Chaim Chalfon, the father got out of the vehicle in an effort to seek assistance, leaving his daughter in the vehicle, which was parked on the side of the road.

Shortly thereafter, a traffic police unit passed and stopped alongside the stalled vehicle. The officer offered to drive the teen to the hospital. She left her dad a note explaining her actions, accepting the policeman’s offer.

Unfortunately, her father will never see the note. He did not return to the car. Apparently, in his search for assistance, he attempted to cross the road and was struck by a military vehicle and killed. Paramedic Eyal Drori was on the scene, explaining there was nothing to do but to pronounce him dead.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)