Two motorcycle riders killed in collision with bus near Tel Aviv

Two men in their 20s have died after the motorcycle they were riding on collided with a bus on the Ayalon freeway near Tel Aviv, Army Radio reports.

The Magen David Adom rescue service says the two, both men in their mid 20s, were transported to Wolfson Hospital in Holon in critical condition following the crash just after midnight. Medics attempted to revive the pair, who were both suffering from multisystemic failure.

A picture from the scene, near the Komemiyut interchange, shows the back of an Egged intercity bus badly dented, indicating that the pair slammed into the rear of the vehicle.

Earlier Monday night, a 5-year-old girl was pronounced dead after being hit by a car while riding a scooter in the southern town of Sderot, according to Magen David Adom.

The rescue service says a 9-year-old boy was also killed when he was hit by a tractor in the West Bank’s South Hebron Hills on Monday evening.