Alina wanted to celebrate her husband's 40th birthday - and was killed in an accident in Georgia: "Everyone loved her"
Alina Umanski, a 36-year-old resident of Nahariya, was killed in a car accident in Batumi last weekend.
"She was an amazing and loyal woman," said her husband.
He also recounted the tragic moments: "I heard a huge boom, I felt a ringing in my ears and I saw the horror of my life - I lost half my soul"
Yoav Itiel
09/28/2022
Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 04:34 Updated: 06:59
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Two Israelis were killed (Walla! NEWS system)
Alina Umansky, a 36-year-old resident of Nahariya, was killed in the fatal road accident in Georgia last weekend - this was allowed to be published today (Wednesday).
Her coffin arrived in Israel last night and her funeral is expected to take place this afternoon at the cemetery in Nahariya.
"She was an amazing, true and faithful woman," her husband Stas eulogized her.
"She always knew how to say the right thing and never lied - for better or for worse."
Umanski, a Ukrainian girl, worked in the main offices of Keshet Tamim company.
In a conversation with Walla!
Her husband said that family was always at the forefront of her mind.
"She was the engine of the house. A great mother and a loyal daughter. She always thought of her parents first and knew how to push forward. She was a woman from above - I would call her Wonder Woman. Everyone loved her."
Stas also added that they recently moved to a new apartment where Alina planned to organize family meals.
"She hasn't had time to enjoy this house yet. I've lost half my soul - with all my shortcomings,
"Everyone loved her."
Alina Umansky (photo: courtesy of the family)
Stas recounted the tragic accident and said that it happened on his 40th birthday.
"She raised a crazy production and I didn't even know we were going abroad," he said.
She 'worked on me' as they say.
We left on Thursday evening, we entered the National Bank and then she tells me 'Happy birthday, we're going to Batumi'. I was shocked. Then another couple of friends joined."
"We had a shuttle from the airport to the hotel and on the way the guide explained the position at the hotel and that it was possible to sign up for all kinds of trips," he continued.
"We signed up for a trip to the waterfalls. On Friday it was rainy. We hesitated but in the end we said, let's go because most of the places we will visit are indoor and there is no problem. At the first point we stopped there was a spectacular view. We continued to drive up the mountain and the road became very narrow. Two narrow lanes. We sat In front - behind the driver. She is near the window and I'm in the middle. We didn't really see what was going on ahead because the driver's seat was high. We were busy looking for a restaurant for the evening to go celebrate the birthday. I raised my head for a moment and then I notice a truck coming in front of us, in Our bus, when our driver managed to turn right at the last second. I heard a huge 'boom'. A few seconds passed and I suddenly felt like I wasn't breathing and that I had a ringing in my ears. I took a breath and then I saw the horror of my life."
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"Happened on my 40th birthday."
Alina Umansky and her husband Stas (photo: courtesy of the family)
"She died on the spot," he added.
"I still tried to help. I tried to save her. To do something. But the impact was fatal. It took a while for the rescue forces to come and in the meantime people who were there started to leave in private vehicles. There was chaos. If the driver had not pulled to the right at the last moment then it would have been a head-on collision - Front and most likely most of the bus would have flown over the mountain because there was such a railing. Our driver got out okay by the way and wasn't hurt too much. Scratches and things like that, that's it. Some of the passengers on the bus had broken arms, some had legs and some lost limbs. Some had very serious head injuries. There were 16-17 in the car. We only knew the couple who came with us. We speak Russian and we could somehow communicate with the Georgians. We helped the husband of the woman from Bat Yam because he also didn't know the language."
"She died on the spot."
The tourist bus in Georgia (photo: screenshot, from ajara TV)
The fatal road accident, in which two Israeli women were killed and 17 others were injured, occurred on Friday.
According to a local TV station, the truck collided with a minibus on a bend in a mountain road near the city.
On Saturday, four of the group were brought to Israel and taken to Sheba in Tel Hashomer, Ichilov in Tel Aviv, and Rambam in Haifa. The embassy in Georgia said that it is in contact with the others involved in the accident who remain in the country.
The accident happened in a mountainous area near the town of Kedah, a few dozen kilometers east of Batumi, about four hours from the capital, Tbilisi, on a difficult terrain route and in the rain. The Israeli group was on its way to Makhontesti Falls. According to information from the emergency medical service, one injured person was transferred by ambulance to a medical center in Batumi, and three were hospitalized in another medical facility with superficial injuries. The Israelis killed in the accident are residents of Bat Yam and Nahariya.
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