One dead, five injured in car crash in southern Israel

One person was killed and five were injured to varying degrees in a collision between two vehicles near the Erez junction in southern Israel, Magen David Adom says.

Medics at the scene of the accident declared the death of a 22-year-old man with multi-system trauma and evacuated the five injured for treatment at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, MDA says.

The injured include an 18-year-old in serious condition with a head injury, as well as three men between the ages of 30 and 60 and a 16-year-old, all with moderate injuries.

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