Two Israelis, a man and woman in their 40s, were killed in the West Bank Tuesday in a crash between their car and two Palestinian vehicles.
The crash occurred on Highway 55 between the Qalqilya checkpoint and Kfar Azzun.
Paramedics from Magen David Adom and the IDF treated the Israeli and Palestinian victims.
A Palestinian man in his 40s was moderately hurt with injuries to his limbs. He was taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva.
Another Palestinian man, in his 30s, suffered light bruises and was transported for treatment in a Palestinian hospital by the Palestinian Red Crescent.
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The names of the victims were not immediately released.
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Two MDA medics who treated victims of the accident said that they happened upon the scene, and saw the Israeli vehicle lying in a ditch on the side of the road.
“A man was trapped in the driver’s seat, and a woman was outside of the car. They were both unconscious, not breathing, without a pulse, with very severe multi-system injuries, and we soon were forced to declare their death.”
Twenty-four people have been killed on Israel’s roads this year, compared to only 14 in January 2014, according to Ynet.
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