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Ron Eliyahu Oved, right, and his father. Oved was killed in an accident during a tryout for the IDF Paratroopers Brigade on April 11, 2019. (Courtesy of the family)
June 20, 2019, 11:44 am
IDF chief calls for policy changes after recruit killed in tryout accident
Ron Eliyahu Oved, 18, was one of 6 teenagers hit by a bus that rolled into his tent during an evaluatory exercise for the Paratroopers Brigade in April
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. Ambulances and emergency services in Beitar Illit, in the West Bank, on October 9, 2018. (Nati Shohat/Flash90/File)
April 22, 2019, 8:46 pm
3-year-old boy visiting from US killed by bus in West Bank settlement
Child reportedly from New York bolted into street in Beitar Illit before being hit; driver detained
By TOI staff
Scene of a bus crash in Madeira, where 28 passengers have been reported killed. April 17, 2019 (screen capture: YouTube)
April 18, 2019, 12:14 am
Bus plunge kills 28, mostly German tourists, on Portugal’s Madeira
Mayor says bus carrying 55 people rolled down a steep hillside after veering off the road near Funchal
By AP
The scene after an empty bus rolled and hit a group of young Israelis while they were attending tryouts for a military unit, April 11, 2019, near Kibbutz Shomria (Screen grab via Channel 12)
April 12, 2019, 10:12 am
Ron Oved, 18, named as teen killed when parked bus rolled into army tryout group
Family to donate Oved’s corneas after he was killed Thursday when vehicle hit tents; funeral will take place Friday at 12:30 pm in Palmachim; driver says bus handbrake was on
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Victims of a bus accident are loaded into helicopters in order to get them to hospitals as quickly as possible near Kochav HaShachar in the West Bank on November 26, 2015. (Magen David Adom)
April 11, 2019, 9:45 pm
One killed, 5 injured, as parked bus rolls into teens at army tryouts in south
Vehicle began moving while driver was outside, hit tents used by young men; some of the injured were trapped under vehicle
By TOI staff
The scene of a bus crash near Beit Horon on Route 443, February 10, 2019. (Israel Police)
February 10, 2019, 10:43 am
Two killed, 41 injured as bus overturns on highway near Jerusalem
Bus collides with van on Route 443; wounded taken to hospitals as crane brought in to help rescue efforts; PM says praying for recovery of those hurt
By TOI staff
Paramedics in an overturned bus in the Galilee, December 22, 2018 (Magen David Adom)
December 22, 2018, 10:57 pm
At least 15 people injured as bus overturns in Galilee
One 18-year-old female moderately injured, the rest lightly wounded after vehicle skids into ditch
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Romanian firefighters struggle with the wreckage of a minibus that was hit bit a train in an accident in Scanteia, northeastern Romania, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Radu Aneculaesi)
April 1, 2018, 5:17 pm
23 Israeli tourists injured in Romanian bus accident
Israel’s Consul Rina Dvir heads to local hospital to offer assistance; 8 children among those on overturned minibus
By TOI staff and AFP
Aftermath of a train smashed into a bus which had broken down at level crossing in Russia, October 6, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 6, 2017, 11:22 am
At least 16 killed in Russian train-bus collision
Fatalities include at least one child after bus broke down on level crossing 110 kilometers east of Moscow
By AFP
Firefighters work on the wreckage of a burnt-out bus at the place of an accident on the motorway A9 near Muenchberg, Germany, July 3, 2017. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP)
July 3, 2017, 8:31 pm
Bus carrying seniors crashes on German highway, killing 18
First responders work to rescue injured from vehicle that goes up in flames after ramming into back of a truck
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Israeli rescue forces and security forces at the scene where a bus flipped over, near Ma'ale Levonah in the West Bank, on January 27, 2017 (Moshe Mizrachi/Flash90)
January 27, 2017, 6:50 pm
Palestinian family ‘was first to help bus crash victims, call police’
Army medical officer recalls arriving at the scene of West Bank accident to see local residents, in their pajamas, trying to help Israeli casualties
By TOI staff
Israeli rescue and security forces at the scene where a bus fell down a ravine on a road near Ma'ale Levonah, in the West Bank, on January 27, 2017. (Moshe Mizrachi/Flash90)
January 27, 2017, 1:55 am
2 killed, 7 hurt as bus plunges into ravine in West Bank
Driver among the dead when Egged vehicle falls 70 meters; darkness, rain and difficult terrain hamper rescue
By TOI staff
A multiple-vehicle collision in Jerusalem on December 8, 2016 claimed the life of at least one person. (Screenshot)
December 8, 2016, 8:19 pm
One killed, 8 injured in Jerusalem bus accident
Cause of pile-up between two buses, two private vehicles on Bar-Ilan street in capital, not yet known
By TOI staff
Scene of the bus accident on the Route 1 highway near the Anava intersection on February 14, 2016. (United Hatzalah)
November 28, 2016, 11:53 pm
Driver in deadly bus crash to get 4 years jail in plea deal — report
Haim Bitton accused of manslaughter, unsafe driving after February collision that killed six on Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway
By Sue Surkes
First responders at the scene of a multiple vehicle collision at the Holon Junction on Route 44 on November 20, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)
November 20, 2016, 11:44 am
Dozens injured as bus careens into traffic near Tel Aviv
Driver loses control of vehicle, hits other cars and slams into wall before veering off highway south of Tel Aviv; most injuries described as light
By TOI staff
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