An Israeli judge has finalized compensation payment to victims of the 1997 Maccabiah bridge tragedy. Judge Shmuel Berliner of Haifa District Court this week ordered the Phoenix insurance company to pay the final $440,000 on 70 claims that amounted to $15.5 million overall. Four Australian athletes died when a bridge collapsed that had been built to carry athletes across the polluted waters of the Yarkon River to the opening ceremony of the 1997 Maccabiah competition.
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