A damage suit was filed by the widow of an Australian athlete killed in last July’s bridge collapse during the opening ceremonies of the Maccabiah Games in Israel. The negligence suit was filed against the Games’ organizers, those responsible for building the bridge and the Yarkon River Authority. Two Australian athletes were killed immediately in the collapse and two more died weeks later as a result of complications that medical officials linked to contaminants in the river water.
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