Two teens killed, 21 people injured, 4 badly, in 2 crashes on Route 6 highway

Two teenager boys ended up killed and 21 people today were hurt — 4 of them severely — in two independent crashes early Monday morning, on and adjacent to the Route 6 freeway.

In the initial incident, a motor vehicle carrying six men and women strike a guardrail on the north-south highway, east of Hadera. Two teens aged 13 and 16 ended up killed. The car’s driver, 38, was moderately wounded, as had been two other teens aged 13 and 16 and an 8-year-previous boy.

Medics rushed the injured to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera for treatment. Police believe that the driver misplaced manage of the auto for not known good reasons and crashed into the barrier.

In the 2nd crash, two vans carrying passengers endured a head-on collision on the Eyal Interchange bridge managing above Route 6 in the vicinity of Kfar Saba, some 25 kilometers south of the to start with incident.

Seventeen men and women had been damage, four of them significantly, six reasonably and 7 mildly. The trigger of that crash was not promptly clear.

Following the crashes, sections of the freeway were being closed off.

The scene of a deadly car or truck crash on Route 6 in which two young people have been killed, December 26, 2022 (Magen David Adom)

Magen David Adom medics who responded to the scene of the to start with crash said: “The two teenagers endured intense several injuries. We tried using to preserve them… but unfortunately, they confirmed no signals of existence and inside of a limited time we were forced to declare them lifeless.”

On Saturday a female was killed in a crash amongst two autos on Route 90 close to the northern town of Kiryat Shmona. The collision seemingly led the victim’s automobile to strike a safety barrier on the roadside, crushing it.

The 2nd vehicle was observed following to the street. Its driver, a 59-year-previous man, endured a upper body damage and was taken in a gentle ailment to Ziv Professional medical Middle in Safed.

According to the latest knowledge from the Nationwide Highway Basic safety Authority, 346 folks have been killed in 313 site visitors accidents because the starting of the yr.

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