Five dead and dozens injured in a car accident in Israel

Five people, including three children, were killed and dozens more were injured Wednesday in a car accident to the north Israel, according to the authorities.

One car collided with a bus, where children were riding, on Highway 89 in Galilee, AFP reported.

Four of the occupants of the vehicle were killed, a 35-year-old woman, two boys aged 15 and 12 and a 5-year-old girl, according to a press release issued by Magen David Adom, the equivalent organization of the Red Cross in Israel.

The fifth person to die was also an adult who was on the bus.

They were also injured in the accident 35 people, who were taken to hospitals. Three of them were seriously injured and were airlifted to Rambam Hospital Haifa, the largest city in northern Israel.

The children on the bus were members of the youth movement Bné Akiva and were returning from an excursion, according to the movement’s spokesman Saul Ofer.

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