Six people killed, 12 injured in Israeli bus-truck highway collision
Police Sunday night blocked Rte 1, Jerusalem’s main highway link after the intercity Egged 402 passenger bus from Jerusalem to Benai Berak collided with a truck loaded with building materials. Six people died in the crash and 12 were injured, some gravely. The accident occurred not far from Rte 431 outside Modi’in. The two drivers are in hospital where police are questioning them to find out how the deadly accident occurred.