Horrific accident: Mother killed - children injured

Haredi woman was killed in a fatal car accident this evening in Gush Ezion (Wednesday).

Vehicle was circumvented on the road between Efrat and Tekoa, without examining the terrain well. In the opposite car the family was driving, a couple and their two children, residents of the Orthodox communities in the region. The police suspect the driver who asked not to crash into a car coming in front of him, swerved, lost control and crashed into the mountain side of the road.

30-year-old woman was killed instantly, the husband was moderately injured and the children were slightly injured.

The second vehicle was injured two passengers who sustained light to moderate.

Victims were treated by Hatzalah and MDA paramedics and Magen David Adom ambulances evacuated the victims to Hadassah Ein Kerem.

Yonathan Ovadia, a medic at Hatzalah, said: "This is an accident with two vehicles when the vehicle belonging to the family flew along the road and crashed into the mountain. The vehicle crashed completely. I and other paramedics, provided initial medical treatment to the woman who was injured critically with severe head trauma, the children in the vehicle were injured moderately. The father who was driving was not seriously injured."

Small Orthodox community, located in Gush Ezion, where the family lived, received the news of the serious accident with shock.

Photography: Shai Region Police

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