MDA medics pronounced an 18-year-old driver dead after a collision between a car and a bus on Route 5504 near Nir Eliyahu Monday evening. A second 18-year-old passenger was seriously injured and evacuated to Beilinson Hospital; the bus driver was taken to Meir Hospital in light condition.
Magen David Adom (MDA) confirmed the death of the 18-year-old driver in the collision between a private car and a bus on Route 5504 near Nir Eliyahu Monday evening. MDA medics pronounced the driver dead at the scene. The second passenger, also 18, was seriously injured and evacuated to Beilinson Hospital; the bus driver was taken to Meir Hospital in light condition.
The collision occurred at 18:28. At 18:52, MDA reported one critically injured, one seriously injured, and the bus driver lightly hurt, with the critically injured victim trapped. By 18:52, Israeli media reported the death of the 18-year-old. The Zioneer reported at 19:26 that the fatality had been confirmed. The MDA statement now provides the official casualty details.
The Zioneer has covered several traffic accidents in recent weeks, including a fatal crash on Route 80 near Ar'ara Junction and a truck-car collision on Highway 60 near Hebron, but this incident is unrelated.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation by Israeli authorities.
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