Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Monday, January 16, 2023

2 construction workers killed within hours in separate accidents

16 January 2023, 6:00 pm 0 Edit

This handout photo shows a Magen David Adom paramedic trying to extract a pair of construction workers who were crushed by a crane at a building site in Tel Mond, January 16, 2023. (Magen David Adom)

This handout photo shows a Magen David Adom paramedic trying to extract a pair of construction workers who were crushed by a crane at a building site in Tel Mond, January 16, 2023. (Magen David Adom)

A construction worker is killed and a second injured after being crushed by a crane in central Israel, around the same time that a laborer at a building site in Jerusalem is also killed in an apparent accident.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service says two workers in Tel Mond were trapped after being crushed between the the six-meter tall crane and a piece of metal, and one was declared dead shortly later by paramedics.

In Jerusalem, MDA says a laborer was struck by a heavy object at a construction site, resulting in multisystem injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.