Tamar, a national service member from Petah Tikva, returned from a visit to the cinema during the disaster • Four of her friends who were suffering from anxiety in the aftermath of the incident • She used to volunteer at Shaare Zedek Hospital • The volunteer service manager told Israel Today: "There was a girl's magic"

• Photo: Shlomo Cement / TPS

Tamar Fenigstein, 19, of Petah Tikva, is the youngest to be killed on the night of Tuesday and Wednesday after falling under the light rail car in Jerusalem. Tamar is believed to have experienced an epileptic seizure a few moments before slipping and falling, but the causes of the accident are still being considered.

Near midnight, it was reported that there was an injured light rail passenger in Jerusalem and that she was trapped under one of the cars. MDA forces who arrived at the scene discovered her with no life and had to determine her death at the scene. Four of her friends, who witnessed the incident, were evacuated to the hospital after suffering an anxiety attack. Tamar Fenigstein ZL is the first casualty killed in the light rail involvement.

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Moshe Hemed, a ZAKA volunteer riding a motorcycle from the first to the arena, said: "This is a serious and shocking accident. When I arrived at the scene, I saw harsh sights, a 19-year-old girl was trapped under the ventral train while unconscious and suffering from a systemic injury, civilians at the scene told me that the girl apparently wanted to board the train and for reasons that were not clear, slipped and trapped under the train, the fire fighters rescued her Haim".

Benzie Oring, Commander of ZAK Jerusalem, Jerusalem: "It is impossible to put into words the magnitude of the grief and pain in this terrible and difficult event. ZAK volunteers volunteered for several hours with the dead dignity in caring for her body and collecting the many findings in the difficult arena. The circumstances of the accident are being investigated by the police. "

19-year-old killed after being run over by light rail in Jerusalem // Photo: MDA Operation Documentation

Tamar, a resident of Hadar Ganim neighborhood in Petah Tikva, used to volunteer at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem as part of the National Service Year that began this year. Yaron Lutz, Director of the Volunteer Association: "Tamar began her year of service three months ago at Shaare Zedek Hospital In a short period of time Tamar was able to stand out and contribute a great deal, and we are all shocked by the horrific accident she found her death at age 19. We are overwhelmed with pain and send our condolences to the Fenigstein family. We will do everything to help and accompany the family and support the family. The other service they served with Tamar along with the dedicated team of Shaari Jupiter".

Tamar's girlfriend, Ahinoam, was with her in her last moments. An interview with 103 FM told how she realized that her partner in service and recreation had experienced an epilepsy, and was unable to prevent the disaster.

"We came back from a movie. Everything was round, we laughed together," she said. "She was fine. She sometimes has epilepsy attacks. Like - not sometimes, for years she has not had."

When they reached the light rail platform, shortly after midnight, she began to walk around the place. "I thought for a moment that she was dancing, because there were songs," Achinoam shared, "she just started turning so weird, her eyes started to move from side to side and her head moved. At first I told her, 'Are you kidding me?' - Then I saw that she was wrong. "

Ayelet Cohen, Director of Volunteer Services at Gates of Justice, told Israel Today: "Tamar began her national service in the Department of Women and Pregnancy Complications in Gates of Justice in September of this year. She was a smiling, sociable and courteous girl. Tamar was passionate about our patients. A girl's charm. We are in shock from the case. "