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IDF Soldier from Crown Heights Critically Injured

An IDF soldier was killed and 15 other people were injured, one seriously, in a road accident between an Egged bus and a truck on Route 6 on Wednesday. The critically injured rider is an IDF ‘Lone Soldier’ from a Lubavitch family in Crown Heights.

From the Jerusalem Post:

The Egged bus 960 from Jerusalem to Haifa had pulled over on the side of the road on Highway 6 when a truck traveling behind it swerved to try to pass the bus on its left, causing steel rods it was carrying to come lose and collide with the bus, Sharon District Police said.

The steel rods blew out the windows in the entire back half of the bus and caved in part of the back of the vehicle. The wounded passengers were taken to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba and the Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikvah for treatment. One of the wounded remained in serious condition as of Wednesday evening.

The accident caused massive traffic disturbances on the highway on Wednesday, as police and paramedics struggled to clear the wounded from the area and remove the wreckage from the highway.

Sharon District Police said Wednesday that they have detained both drivers and will question them to determine if there was some sort of wrongdoing that led to the accident.

Please say Tehilim for Zeev ben Kochava, a Crown Heights native who was seriously injured in the accident:

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7 Comments

  • A friend

    With gods help and your prayers he will have a full recovery. I am a former IDF soldier myself and a friend of zev’s. i was at his side in the intensive care unit just now. It seems to me that he will get through this with a full recovery. God bless!!!

  • a friend

    i am here again with zev and he is doing a lot better, though he is still sedated to restrict his movement. the prayers are working so keep em coming. as of last night he was stabilized but visibly in a lot of pain. when doctors asked him to raise his hands and legs he responded thank god.

  • motek

    …refuah shleimah…

    so people from CH go to fight and meanwhile a load of kevutza guys in CH avoid the army and fight with us instead…

    Hm….

  • To a friend

    Thank you for your uplifting update. We are very worried and hope you keep posting besoros tovos.