A 25-year-old man was killed and a 20-year-old man is in critical condition with multi-system trauma, undergoing CPR, after a two-vehicle collision on Route 80 near the Ar'ara Junction in the Negev on Monday evening, according to the Magen David Adom (MDA) spokesperson. A 29-year-old man was moderately injured. All were evacuated to Soroka Hospital. The earlier report of a 20-year-old fatality has been updated.
The Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service has revised its casualty figures from the two-vehicle crash on Route 80 near the Ar'ara Junction, which occurred at 19:59 Monday evening. An earlier MDA report indicated a 20-year-old man was killed and a 29-year-old man moderately injured. The updated data shows a 25-year-old man was killed, a 20-year-old man is in critical condition with multi-system trauma undergoing CPR, and a 29-year-old man is moderately injured. All were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva. The cause of the collision is under investigation. This is the latest in a series of fatal traffic accidents in the Negev region in recent weeks, as The Zioneer has reported.
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