Bus Driver Killed, Dozens Injured in Collision with Tractor Near Netivot

The fatal crash occurred on Route 25 near the HaGadi junction, with dozens of injured passengers evacuated to Soroka and Barzilai hospitals.

A bus driver aged around 50 was killed and dozens of people were injured in a collision between a bus and a tractor on Route 25, near the HaGadi junction close to Netivot, Arutz Sheva and The Jerusalem Post reported. Magen David Adom paramedics pronounced the driver dead at the scene.

According to the reports, a 61-year-old woman was seriously injured and a 35-year-old woman was moderately hurt. The number of lightly injured was reported at between 19 and 22, with emergency medical teams evacuating them to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba and Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. The full circumstances of the crash have not yet been clarified.