Death of 80-year-old woman injured in Route 7 crash confirmed

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A woman, about 80, was critically injured in a road accident between two vehicles on Route 7, near Kannot. A 76-year-old man was moderately injured in the same crash. MDA teams treated both and evacuated them to Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot.

While the female victim was being evacuated to the hospital, resuscitation was performed on her. During medical treatment, the death of the 80-year-old woman was confirmed.

Other passengers were moderately and lightly injured in the same incident and were evacuated for medical treatment. Police opened an investigation into the circumstances of the crash, which involved two private vehicles near the Kannot interchange.