Israeli killed, 10 hassidim injured in car crash in Ukraine

A car crash on a road leading to an airport left one Israeli dead and 10 injured.

 The rented minibus involved in an accident that killed 1 Hassid and injured 10 (photo credit: UNITED HATZALAH‏)
The rented minibus involved in an accident that killed 1 Hassid and injured 10
(photo credit: UNITED HATZALAH‏)

A car crash in Ukraine has left a 45-year-old father of 10 from Bet Shemesh dead, according to United Hatzalah, and 10 hassidim injured and in stable condition, according to N12.

The crash occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning on a road leading to Kyiv Airport.

“The accident involved a rented minibus and a bus 70 km. from Uman,” said Hatzalah Emergency Medical Technician Aharon Ben Harush. “With the help of other EMTs and the Uman medical center team, we did CPR at the scene on one of the passengers, who was critically injured, but unfortunately, at the end of the CPR efforts, we determined his death at the scene. We also gave initial assistance to four slightly injured men from the minibus [who were then] taken to hospitals in Kyiv.”

“According to the passengers, they were on their way back from Uman to the airport in Kyiv for their flight back from Ukraine,” said another EMT, Ben-Zion Karahan.

 Hatzollah at the scene of the car crash outside Uman that killed 1 Hassid and injured 10 (credit: Hatzollah Spokesperson)
Hatzollah at the scene of the car crash outside Uman that killed 1 Hassid and injured 10 (credit: Hatzollah Spokesperson)

An outline was formulated this year to allow hassidim to travel to Uman as safely as possible in the midst of corona. Some 30,000 made the trip, but thousands are struggling to get their COVID test results that will allow them to return to the country.

This is a developing story.