Three Injured in Crash Between Bus and Private Car on Route 40

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Three people were injured in a road accident between a bus and a private car on Route 40, south of Shitim. Firefighters from the Fire and Rescue Authority worked at the scene to extract a person trapped inside the private car.

MDA crews, assisted by a military medical force, treated the casualties. A man aged about 70 was moderately injured, with chest and limb injuries, and two other people were lightly injured.

The moderately injured person was airlifted by helicopter to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva.