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The driver of a private vehicle was killed, and a bus driver as injured moderately on Monday, the second day of Chol Hamoed, when they collided during the afternoon hours on Route 234 near the Tze’elim Bridge.

Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah EMS personnel responded. MDA Advanced EMT Adir Bitan reported, “It was a head-on accident between a bus that was filled and a private vehicle. The driver of the private vehicle, a 25-year-old male, was thrown to the roadway and sustained severe multisystem trauma. Despite CPR and resuscitation efforts, he was pronounced dead of his massive injuries by a doctor on the scene.”

The bus driver was transported by helicopter from the scene by MDA, suffering from abdominal injuries as well as injuries to his extremities. Tens of passengers on the bus were checked by EMS personnel, and B’chasdei Hashem, they did not require transport to a hospital.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem/Photo Credit: Spokesman’s Unit of MDA & United Hatzalah)