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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 18, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Family members killed in car crash near Dead Sea named
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleKfir and Shira Avitan, both 28, from the northern city of Katzrin, are named as the victims of a fatal traffic accident this morning near the Dead Sea.
Their ten-month-old daughter Gaia was also killed when the family’s car collided with a bus on Route 90.
כפיר ושירה אביטן ובתם התינוקת גאיה הם בני המשפחה שנהרגו בתאונה בים המלח, כשאוטובוס פגע ברכבם. יהי זכרם ברוךhttps://t.co/A8qNFU9mpK pic.twitter.com/vzkeIaK1iZ
— ידיעות אחרונות (@YediotAhronot) October 18, 2018
The bus driver says he lost control of the vehicle due to a malfunction in the steering system, which caused the front-left tire to burst.
The bus driver was injured in the crash, as were 13 of its passengers.
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