A 32-year-old Israeli army doctor was killed today in Beersheba when his jeep collided with a truck. Three soldiers riding in the jeep were thrown clear of the collision and escaped injury.
In Northern Israel, on the road from Haifa to Kiriyat Shmone in the upper Galilee, 24 persons were critically injured when their bus skidded on a wet road and overturned into a ditch. The wounded were taken to a Haifa hospital. Police authorities have started an intensive investigation to establish whether the bus had any mechanical defects.
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