Call to MDA following the accident at a field champion: "They were swallowed up under the truck"
A citizen called to call rescue services described dead and trapped inside the shuttle vehicle. Shortly thereafter, the deaths of Sammy Yasin and Younes Daoud Haraz of Nablus were determined to make their way to work. Three injured are still hospitalized at Sheba Hospital. Listen
Call to MDA following the accident at a field champion: "They were swallowed up under the truck"
Photo: Yotam Ronen, Editor: Amit SimchaSammy Yasin, 43, and Yunes Daoud Haraz, 20, from Nablus, are the two killed in the car accident this morning (Sunday) at the champion field interchange. A citizen called to call MDA said that "there is a fatal accident here, I think with fatalities." He elaborated that "there are trapped inside the car, they can not get out, they were literally swallowed under the truck."
Three injured, one in serious condition and two in minor condition, are still hospitalized at Tel Hashomer Medical Center following the accident. A preliminary investigation revealed that a minibus transporting workers crashed into the back of a truck and the front of the van was trapped underneath it.
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Fatalities from the accident at a field champion (Photo: official website)
The driver of the truck said the shuttle was coming at a very high speed and came in from behind. Police took evidence from him but did not delay him for questioning. The deputies, who were blocked after the accident, opened to traffic. Israeli police examiners have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the accident. Heavy traffic loads are felt instead.
MDA medic Cecilia Levits, who was called to the scene, said: "This is a very serious car accident. The commercial vehicle carrying several passengers was trapped under the back of the truck and the fire fighters rescued the eight injured. Together with other large forces of MDA, we performed medical examinations for the wounded who suffered injuries of varying degrees, six wounded to the Sheba hospitals in Tel Hashomer and two more treated in the area. "
More in Walla! NEWS More in Walla! NEWSTwo dead and seriously injured in an accident at a field champion interchange; Five were lightly injured
To the full article"Some are trapped." The scene of the accident, this morning (Photo: Israel Police spokeswoman)
The scene of the accident at the Champion Field Interchange in the direction of Ramat Gan where two people were killed and five others injured. December 22, 2019. (Photo: Israel Police spokeswoman)
The accident joins a series of fatal car accidents that have occurred over the past week. On Friday, 12-year-old boy Levi was killed by a car hit in Kiryat Motzkin. Later that day, 3-year-old boy Muhammad Ayas Ryan was killed by a truck hit in Barra village in the center of the country.
The day before, two people were killed in a collision between two vehicles on Highway 40 near the Shizafon junction, and that morning a pedestrian, a 60-year-old man, was struck by a passing vehicle on Route 79, near Bir al-Maksur. On Monday, Tomer Weinstein and Yaniv Logassi were killed while riding a bicycle near Bnei Zion.
