Two yeshiva bochurim were tragically killed in a horrific car crash on Route 6 as they returned from the tziyon of Rabi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron overnight Sunday.
The bochurim were traveling in a vehicle along with four others when the driver lost control and crashed into a guardrail, causing severe injuries to all the passengers, including one who was ejected from the car.
Paramedics who rushed to the scene attempted resuscitation efforts on the two most critically injured victims, cousins aged 14 and 17, but were sadly unsuccessful.
The niftarim were later identified as Nosson Neta Rosenbaum, z’l, 17, a talmid of Yeshivas Toras Chaim Vizhnitz in Elad and a resident of Bnei Brak, and his cousin, Chaim Werthheimer, z’l, 14, a talmid of Yeshivas Machnovka Belz in Elad and resident of Elad.
Paramedics described the harrowing scene: “It was a shocking accident. We saw a crushed vehicle on the road with its parts scattered everywhere. An unconscious boy was trapped in the back seat of the vehicle, and about 30 meters away from the vehicle, another boy was lying unconscious. We tried to save them but unfortunately, they had no signs of life and within a short time, we were forced to declare their death.”
“Four other passengers, a man about 38 years old [the father of one of the niftarim], and three boys, about 16, 13, and 12 years old, were outside the car fully conscious and suffering from injuries. We administered medical treatment and evacuated them for further tests and treatment at the hospital, where their condition is defined as moderate and stable.”
The levaya for the bochurim will take place on Monday evening at the Vizhnitz chatzer in Bnei Brak.
The public is asked to daven for the refuah sheleimah of:
Yissachar Moshe ben Gila Fraida
Yehoshua ben Gittel
Moshe Chaim ben Margalit
Yaakov ben Margalit b’toch shaar cholei Yisrael.
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8 Responses
One of the surviving brothers was a friend of my grandson, bringing it close to home. Two points: Was anyone wearing seatbelts, which in the vast majority of cases save lives by minimizing injuries? Rarely is it better to be thrown around within the vehicle or get thrown out of the vehicle, statistics show that in the vast majority of cases it’s better to be held in place. Second point: When highway 6 was being built there were a lot of protests against graves being dug up, and when it first opened Rabbonim warned that it was better to avoid using it, but over time this has been forgotten. Still, even though it was designed with state of the art highway technology it has an exceptionally high rate of accidents. At the very least, anyway who travels on Highway 6 should use seatbelts and make sure to say Tefillas HaDerech with a lot of kavana. May the injured have refua shleimas and may the mourners be comforted.
may this fine man survive
I’m not a Navi but it certainly seems that R’ Shimon is angry about something. Could it be that we have turned Kever Rashbi into a tourist attraction? So much bitul Torah and bitul zman is involved in going……
Speaking about Meron {where I paid homage visit still during the י”ב חודש of that horrendous ל”ג בעומר unspeakable tragedy}, I would have very hard time evaluating if yesterday’s disaster or Moshe Kleinerman’s ongoing saga is more devastating
1 thing is קרוב לוודאי:- Taking Public Transportation is probably way less risky than driving one’s own private car.
I’m was thinking the same a s Barn owl. I feel that whoever visiys meron should be mispallel to make it home safe. I hope there is no kitrog there. idon’t kow about the bitul torah which could be anywhere, but rsshbag is making us do some soul searching.
Big Bob,
Which way is public transportation less risky? Are you speaking spirituality ? Please explain.
I’ve taken public transport to Meron many times and while there are unquestionably spiritual trials, with some determination they can be mostly avoided, being careful where one sits on the train or bus, what one lets oneself be drawn to look at, etc. Also having ahavas Yisroel and davening for some of the fellow passengers to do teshuva. Concerning messages about challenges in Meron, one thing that people could work on (and in many shuls) is kavod sefarim, sure they’re arranged in ways that shows kavod for the divrei Torah in them and not left hefker scattered around on chairs, tables, and shelves. Also avoiding litter — in the Beis HaMikdash בב”א, I’m sure people won’t leave used cups and food bags and remnants lying around, we’ll feel such intense Kedusha in the place that we’ll treat it with great awe. How is Meron, or any shul, any different?
Por
Why are you trying to examine what happened and if they were wearing seatbelts? They are not alive that’s sad enough take whatever message you can get from this and don’t ask questions on Hashems plans.