Wounded in fatal accident rescued from flames: "We screamed to get the belt out"

One of the three injured in the fatal accident on Highway 40 said another vehicle crashed into it sharply and suddenly. Witnesses alerted emergency forces after identifying people trapped in burning vehicles: "The vehicle is about to explode, people are trying to smash the suns"

Wounded in fatal accident rescued from flames: "We screamed to get the belt out"

The two people killed in an accident Thursday on Highway 40 near the Shizafon junction were trapped in the burning vehicle and were eventually found breathless - in front of the eyewitness who alerted the emergency forces from the smoke-packed arena. Speaking to MDA, the eyewitness heard a shout: "Get in the direction of Shizafon. Two cars are on fire, people inside the cars, Highway 40 ”.

She described that "two cars are on fire. People are trying to save them, they are not doing well. There are people inside the vehicles, fast faster fast." She said people were trying to smash the car windshields, and at one point she called out to them: "The car is going to explode, get away."

"We don't see, the smoke covers," she added. The witness did not know what the situation of the wounded was, and was shocked by the scenes in the scene: "Wow, wow, die. Two of them seemed to be in the vehicle. Oh my God, God. Terrible."

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"We saw fire and flames." The scene of the accident, today (Photo: Fire and Rescue Spokes)

Two people were killed, two seriously injured and one moderately injured in a collision between two vehicles on Highway 40 near the Shizpon junction. December 19, 2019 (Photo: Eilat Fire and Rescue Spokes, Fire and Rescue)

Three other people, including a man and a woman of 30, were seriously injured in the accident and another, about 30, was moderately injured. The three were evacuated by an MDA helicopter to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva. People came and my belt was stuck, the guy's belt next to me was also stuck. We screamed to get the belt out for us, to bring a knife or something, because she was really squeezed, and slowly their car started to burn more on fire, "he described.

"I don't know how people don't grease the dishes. They may have been trapped. They couldn't get them out or anything," Mickey added. He said he couldn't see who was in the other vehicle. On the fact that he was alive, he said: "I don't call it a miracle. A miracle would be if I wasn't in this accident."

At the time of the accident, Mickey was on his way from Eilat to Elad, where he lives. He stayed in Eilat as part of his work at Mega Sports. He said the white vehicle came across: "Suddenly, I didn't see him in the distance and he slowly slid into my lane, boom went into my lane. It all happened in my lane. He didn't lose control, he came in directly. He deviated from his lane directly, but I didn't see him do skating or anything, or it happened in seconds. "

One of the injured, who was referred to Soroka Hospital, said he was driving one of the vehicles involved in the accident. "On the way back from Eilat to Tel Aviv we were there on behalf of the work, we finished the work and that's what happened," he said. "White vehicles drove in front of me and then sharply entered me into the lane. We saw fire and flames, we had a miracle. It's a bad dream."

This is how the field treatment took place

MDA paramedic Nir Yefet said: "This is a very serious accident. When we arrived, we saw a burning vehicle trapped inside by two passengers, and from the other vehicle three passengers were rescued, including two men and a woman in their 30s. They suffered multiple systemic injuries and were conscious. We gave them life-saving medical care, two of them, a man and a woman. We moved to an MDA helicopter that landed nearby when in a difficult situation and another man evacuated to Yoseftal Hospital in full recognition of the condition. "

He added that "after the fire department had finished turning off the burning vehicle and could be approached, we noticed two passengers who were without signs of life and had to determine their deaths instead."

Finally, control of the fire was achieved. The fire chief of the Eilat Regional Fire and Rescue incident, Chief Reshef Avihai Deri, said: "Upon arriving at the scene, we noticed a serious accident involved in the burning of the vehicles, we immediately started fire extinguishing operations with fire extinguisher and proceeded to rescue those killed from the vehicle."