Fatal Multi-Vehicle Crash on Highway 77 Claims Three Women

At 15:11 hours on Sunday, a minibus, a truck, a jeep and three private cars collided near the Hamovil interchange in the Lower Galilee. The truck struck several vehicles, crushing a private car completely. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics pronounced three women dead—ages 26, 55 and approximately 50—after firefighters extricated them. Seven other occupants were taken to hospitals; two women, both about 39, were air-lifted in serious and moderate condition, while five others with minor injuries were sent to Rambam Hospital in Haifa and the Italian Hospital in Nazareth. Heavy traffic was reported on Highway 77 following the crash.

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The Highway 77 collision occurred after a series of fatal crashes across Israel that day. Earlier, two East Jerusalem residents died in a two-car crash in Rishon LeZion, a 50-year-old man was killed on Highway 90, and IDF soldier Netanel Ayala, 20, died after his motorcycle collided with a car on Highway 60. By midnight, eight people had been killed on Israeli roads and at least ten injured, including later incidents involving a 20-year-old motorcyclist on Highway 60 and a 50-year-old man on Highway 90 near Ein Hatzeva.

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MDA coordinated medical care, with senior paramedic Yossi Halabi overseeing triage. The Northern District Fire and Rescue Authority deployed three firefighter crews led by commander Moshiko Turgeman, who used hydraulic tools to free trapped occupants. A senior firefighting official described the accident as “very serious” and noted that the victims’ vehicles were “completely crushed under a heavy truck.” The spokesperson confirmed that three crews rescued four injured women before extracting the three bodies.

The Jerusalem Post

Sources differ on the victims’ ages: one account lists 26, 55 and ? 50, while another describes the women as being in their thirties and forties. The number of injured women is reported as four in one source and three in another. No definitive cause of the collision has been released, leaving the investigation’s focus unclear.

Times of Israel

• “This was a very difficult crash scene,” — Yossi Halabi, senior MDA paramedic

YnetNews

• “We performed a complex rescue of the trapped women in the private vehicles using hydraulic tools, and all of them were transferred to MDA,” — senior firefighting official, Northern District Fire and Rescue

The Jerusalem Post

• “This was a severe traffic accident involving two vehicles, said MDA paramedic Ella Ayim and EMTs Netanel Katz and Daniel Giat.” — Ella Ayim, MDA paramedic

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