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Scene of a fatal road accident on Route 4, February 21, 2019. (Issachar Weiss/MDA)
February 21, 2019, 2:06 pm
Woman hits motorcycle, injuring 2, continues driving and dies in another crash
Two riders lightly injured, driver of taxi moderately injured in accident on Route 4; in separate incident, 12 hurt in collision on Route 57
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators blocking a road in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv as they protest against the army draft, March 22, 2018. (Police spokesperson)
March 22, 2018, 7:00 pm
30 arrested as ultra-Orthodox army draft protesters block major highway
Hundreds of protesters gather in Bnei Brak, then halt traffic in both directions on Route 4
By TOI staff
A driver of one of Netivei Israel's new mobile units places a traffic cone on a highway in Israel. (Screen capture: Channel 2)
December 3, 2017, 12:18 am
Highway patrolman races couple to wedding after car breaks down
Seeing groom and bride stranded on Route 4, road worker gets permission to decorate his vehicle and escort them to the ceremony
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 19, 2017, 7:51 am
Three killed, two seriously injured as truck plows into cars on Route 4
Initial investigation finds victims were arguing at side of the road over minor traffic accident when truck hit
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative image of disabled, handicapped and activists attend a protest calling for better health care, on a main road outside the town of Yekum, causing major traffic jams, August 14, 2017. (Flash90)
September 12, 2017, 1:20 pm
Protesters for disability rights again block highways near Tel Aviv
Activists threaten to continue to disrupt traffic until the government agrees to find ‘a proper and dignified solution’ for their plight
By TOI staff
Disabled activists block Ibn Gvirol street in Tel Aviv as part of a protest calling for an increase in government stipends, August 31, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 4, 2017, 4:30 pm
Protesters for disability rights block 2 highways at rush hour
Routes 2 and 4 closed by activists continuing campaign for increase to match disability payments to minimum wage
By TOI staff
The entrance to a supermarket in the northern city of Migdal Haemek, where a female employee at the store was crushed to death by the electronic gate on August 25, 2017. (Screen capture: Channel 2)
August 25, 2017, 10:37 am
Woman crushed to death by electronic gate
57-year-old killed in northern Israel while on her way to work; baby badly injured in car crash on Route 4
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Disabled protesters demonstrate on a main road outside Kibbutz Yakum in central Israel on August 14, 2017. (Flash90)
August 24, 2017, 11:57 am
Disabled protesters block highway during morning rush hour
Demonstration comes hours before court deadline for government to respond to petition on raising disability benefits
By TOI staff
Rescue workers and police at the scene where part of a pedestrian bridge collapsed on a truck on Highway 4 near Givat Shmuel, August 14, 2017. (Moti arelitz/Flash90)
August 15, 2017, 10:26 am
Route 4 reopens after fatal bridge collapse
Victim, named as Ali Hai Tadri, removed from crushed truck cab; national road authority says vehicle’s partially extended crane collided with overpass as it passed underneath
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
Rescue workers and police at the scene of where part of a pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a truck on Route 4 near Givat Shmuel, August 14, 2017. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)
August 15, 2017, 12:58 am
Driver of truck that crashed into pedestrian bridge, causing its collapse, dies
Man was trapped for hours under slabs of concrete as paramedics tried to reach him; authorities work into the night to clear structure
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
The collapsed bridge on Highway 4, near Bnei Brak, August 14, 2017. (United Hatzalah)
August 14, 2017, 10:14 pm
Truck crashes into, collapses pedestrian bridge on major highway
Paramedics working to remove at least 2 people believed trapped inside the vehicle’s cabin, as rescue services attempt to lift the concrete structure
By Raoul Wootliff
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against Israeli army conscription, in Jerusalem, on March 28, 2017. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
April 13, 2017, 9:37 pm
13 ultra-Orthodox protesters arrested after blocking major highway
Route 4 reopened after police intervene in rally outside Hadarim Prison
By TOI staff
Route 531 in central Israel. (Screen capture: Google Street View)
April 3, 2017, 9:22 pm
Pricey new interchange aims to ease central Israel congestion
After years of delays, Route 531 finally hooks up to Coastal Highway and Route 4, giving commuters another way in and out of crowded Tel Aviv area
By Stuart Winer
The scene of a fatal car crash on Route 4, near the Gan Yavneh Junction on March 24, 2017. (Israel Police)
March 26, 2017, 8:34 am
Elderly couple killed in car crash traveling to wedding
Sam and Mira Weisel, both 81, were driving to Tel Aviv when their car veered into the shoulder of Route 4 and hit a stopped truck
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a Magen David Adom ambulance outside an Israeli hospital (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 30, 2016, 12:07 am
Four dead, four seriously hurt in West Bank car wreck
Initial reports say those killed in accident were East Jerusalem Palestinians; two of the wounded airlifted to Israeli hospital
By TOI staff
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