A woman approximately 80 years old was killed and two other women were seriously injured in a collision between three buses in Ashkelon on Tuesday afternoon, according to initial reports. The crash updates earlier reports of a bus hitting pedestrians in the city. Police have opened an investigation.
A woman approximately 80 years old was killed and two other women were seriously injured in a collision between three buses in Ashkelon on Tuesday afternoon, according to the latest reports. The two injured women were evacuated to Barzilai Hospital in serious condition. Police have opened an investigation.
The update clarifies an incident that drew conflicting initial reports. At 14:06, a bus struck several pedestrians on David Remez Street, according to Magen David Adom (MDA), leaving one person dead and two others unconscious. Reports from the scene at 14:11 described the event as a three-bus crash, but a subsequent bulletin at 14:39 by The Zioneer characterized the event as a single bus hitting pedestrians. The latest information from MDA and police confirms the three-bus collision, with the death of an 80-year-old woman and two women in their 70s hospitalized with multi-system trauma.
Earlier reports at 14:11 indicated that MDA had declared the 80-year-old woman dead at the scene, and that two women in their 70s were evacuated—one in serious condition and one in moderate condition. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The incident is the latest in a series of serious road accidents reported across Israel this year, but the circumstances of this specific event are still being examined.
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