Fatal road accidents on Route 6 and Route 7

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A 28-year-old man was killed after his vehicle overturned on Route 6, between the Ma'ahaz interchange and the Kiryat Gat interchange. MDA paramedics performed resuscitation on the driver, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

That same evening, in a collision between two vehicles on Route 7 near the Kanot interchange, a woman was seriously injured and her death was later confirmed. Two other people were moderately injured in the crash.

In the two accidents, which occurred less than an hour apart, two people were killed and two others were injured. Further details about the circumstances of the accidents are not yet known.