Australian worker killed in Golan oil well accident

An Australian foreign national working at an oil well in the Golan Heights has died after a heavy cement pipe fell on him during work on the site.

The accident took place at the Nes 2 site, next to the Meitzar kibbutz, east of the Sea of Galilee.

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The 59-year old worker was employed by the Viking Drilling firm, hired by the Israeli company Afek Oil and Gas, according to Ynet.

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