Four killed in Haifa Bay car accident
Several months after route 772 is opened, the first fatal car accident kills four people in a head-on collision. The road, consisting of two lanes in opposite directions, has no separation barrier. Police are investigating whether or not one of the drivers drove into oncoming traffic.
Four people were killed in Haifa Bay overnight on Saturday in a head-on collision on Route 772, connecting Kiryat Ata and Rekhasim. Fatalities included a 72 year-old woman and 60 year-old man from Kiryat Bialik, a resident of Daliyat al-Karmel and another woman. A third man was also lightly injured.
Police are investigating if one of the vehicles involved in the accident drove in the direction of oncoming traffic.
Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics and EMTs provided medical treatment to the injured, three of whom were evacuated to Rambam hospital in serious condition. A fourth casualty was rescued by the fire department after being trapped in his vehicle and is in serious condition.
An hour after the accident, the deaths of the 72-year-old woman and 60-year-old man from Kiryat Bialik were confirmed, while the deaths of the two others injured in the accident were confirmed early Sunday morning.
MDA paramedic Chen Landy, treated the injured at the scene. "From the force of the accident, the injured were trapped in their vehicles while rescue crews provided life-saving treatment. A man with a chest injury was pulled from the first car in serious condition and rushed to the hospital in an intensive care ambulance," she said. "A woman suffering from serious multiple trauma injuries was pulled from the second vehicle and ventilated while being rushed to the hospital along with the man in her vehicle. He was not breathing and had no pulse."
A two-lane and two-direction road with no separation barrier, Route 772 was opened just several months ago. This is the first fatal accident occurring on the route which connects the petrochemical plants in Kiryat Ata to route 70.
