bus accidents

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

Screenshot from the scene of the crash on Route 31 outside the southern Israeli town of Hula. October 30, 2016. (Screenshot from YouTube)

October 30, 2016, 8:49 pm

Twin brothers killed, 15 injured when bus hits 2 cars in south

Police shut parts of Route 31, known as ‘road of blood,’ near Bedouin town of Hura; wounded taken to Beersheba hospital

By TOI staff

An Egged bus crash near Haifa in northern Israel on April 21, 2016 (United Hatzalah)

April 22, 2016, 4:07 pm

Driver in deadly bus crash released to house arrest

Egged says vehicle involved in accident that left 1 dead and at least 54 injured was brand new and up to standard

By TOI staff

A bus crash near Haifa in northern Israel injures at least 35 people, April 21, 2016. (United Hatzalah)

April 22, 2016, 7:50 am

Teen hurt in Carmel Tunnel bus crash succumbs to injuries

Driver arrested; dozens more remain hospitalized with various injuries after accident near Haifa

By TOI staff

April 21, 2016, 9:00 pm

At least 48 injured, some critically, in bus crash in northern Israel

Paramedics on scene of accident in Carmel Tunnels near Haifa, caused when bus reportedly veered into the wall

By TOI staff

The scene of a bus accident in northern Israel, near the community of Zarzir on March 2 2016. (MDA Spokesperson)

March 3, 2016, 12:16 am

One dead, 18 hurt as bus overturns in northern Israel

At least 2 people moderately injured when bus carrying 35 passengers flips in lower Galilee

By TOI staff

Haim Btiton, the driver in a fatal bus crash on February 14, seen at the court in Jerusalem on February 17, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 17, 2016, 8:49 pm

Bus driver implicated in fatal highway crash put under house arrest

Haim Bitton agrees to be monitored by his mother while police probe collision on Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway that killed 6

By Tamar Pileggi and Judah Ari Gross

February 17, 2016, 12:41 am

Police probing Egged officials over bus crash that killed 6

Investigators want to know whether bus company personnel advised driver on how to disable tachograph in aftermath of disaster

By TOI staff