Woman dead, man seriously hurt in West Bank collision

One woman is killed and a man is seriously hurt when a bus bursts into flames on the Route 5 highway in the northern West Bank after it collides with a car.

The accident takes place near the entrance to the city of Ariel.

The bus driver is lightly hurt. Both the seriously wounded man and the driver are taken to the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva.

The two victims were briefly trapped in the vehicles before rescuers could reach them.

Police are closing the highway in both directions and launching an investigation into the accident.

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