The bus driver, Alexander Leibman, is in custody - and police are asking the line passengers on the evening of the accident to contact her for investigating the fatal incident
Bus accident on Highway 40 near Ben Gurion Airport: While the bus driver, Alexander Leibman, was in custody on suspicion of causing negligence, police are appealing to passengers on request for assistance in investigating the incident. December 22, 2019, on line 947 at 6:00 PM, and departing from it before the accident occurred, call 050-5071842.
Photo: Yossi Seliger
At the scene of the fatal accident, which took the lives of four people, there are no security cameras, making it difficult for police investigators to understand exactly what caused the horrific incident. In his investigation, the driver claimed he did not use his cellphone while traveling.
Among those killed in the serious accident - Joseph Kahalani, 79, of Petah Tikva, Haley Wernberg, 35, of Jerusalem, and Bertha Schwartz, 71, who came with her husband from Philadelphia to visit her family for the birth of a grandson.
The scene of the accident at the "Checkpoint" junction // Photo: Yossi Zeliger
