The family of my father Michaeli (55) and his mother Russico Shimshashvili (81) heard about the accident on the news, but did not think it was • Only about half a week ago when he was traveling in the US.
My father Michaeli (55) and his mother Russico Shimshilshvili (81) were killed last night in a car accident on Highway 4 near the Yavne interchange. "Just a little over a week ago, they returned from a joint trip to the United States," said the home of my late father, Anna Michaeli.
The two were on their way back to their home in Lod from a family event in Ashdod. "We didn't know at first that they were," Anna Michaeli added, "there was a news report that there was an accident but who was thinking about it. We went to bed and half an hour later maybe a little more came to let us know." The accident happened just before midnight. The cause has not yet been ascertained and several investigative directions are being investigated - including human error or the involvement of another vehicle.
A man and a woman were killed in an accident near the Yavne interchange // Photo: MDA spokeswomen
So far, it is known that the vehicle in which the son was driving swerved and crashed into the safety railing at the margins. "When we arrived at the scene, we came across a vehicle that collided with a safety guard," paramedics explained to Maxim Collegea and Naftali Galeabatter. "Fire crews were operating in the scene due to the nature of the accident. Unfortunately, the death of a man and a woman who stayed in the vehicle was determined."
MDA paramedic Alon Cohen said: "When we arrived at the scene, the sight was difficult. We saw a crushed vehicle and a woman lay beside him. She was unconscious with a multi-system injury. After the CPR attempts, we had to determine her death. Another man was caught in the driver's seat unconscious, with a multi-system injury. We tried to give him treatment while being rescued by the firefighters, and after being rescued, we had to determine his death. "
The vehicle that collided with a concrete wall near the Yavne interchange on Route 4 // Photo: MDA spokesmen
My father Michaeli left a wife and two children. "He helped everyone, your life always helped everyone. He and Grandma were very connected and he supported her in everything," his son Itzik shared. The two will be buried in a cemetery in their city of residence.
Also killed in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Just hours after the accident on Highway 4, at 4:27 p.m., a report was received of a vehicle overturned on Route 20 heading south and changing to La Guardia. MDA teams arrived at the scene of the accident and determined the death of a 60-year-old man with multi-systemic injury and no signs of life. And about five and a half hours later, at 07:52, a report was received at the MDA 101 hotline in Jerusalem about a pedestrian about 70 injured From a commercial vehicle in the Russ neighborhood to a pillar in Jerusalem. He faces Hadassah Mount Scopus in a human condition. The emergency room staff continued the resuscitation operations but had to determine his death.
The accident on Route 20 // Photo: MDA spokesmen
