Six injured were evacuated to hospitals following a fatal accident between four vehicles on Road 79 • A driver was evacuated in critical condition to Rambam Hospital
Fatal car accident on Road 79 in the Lower Galilee
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Police spokeswoman
A 65-year-old man was killed last night (Monday) in a fatal car accident in the Lower Galilee. In addition to him, six wounded were evacuated to hospitals.
Four private vehicles were involved in an accident on Road 79, which led to the death of a Nazareth resident after he was fatally injured.
His wife, who was sitting next to him, was moderately injured and was evacuated to a hospital in Nazareth.
Following the accident, a 45-year-old driver of another vehicle was evacuated in critical condition to Rambam Hospital in Haifa. The passenger sitting next to her was slightly injured and was taken to the hospital in Nazareth.
Police officers who arrived at the scene opened a traffic lane in favor of the rescue forces. Police directed the movement and dispersed about 300 curious people, who arrived at the scene and interfered with the rescue operations and the investigation of the circumstances of the accident.