Last update - 00:00 09/03/2007
Mother, daughter killed in car accident at Yad Binyamin junction
By Roni Singer-Heruti , Haaretz Correspondent
A mother and her adult daughter were killed Friday morning in a car accident at the Yad Binyamin junction, east of Gedera. The daughter's husband was seriously injured, and three others were lightly hurt.
From an initial investigation of the accident, it appears that the driver of a semi-trailer crashed into a private Mazda car, which was stopped at a red light in the junction. In the Mazda, the mother sat in the back seat, and her daughter and her husband sat up front. The mother was killed instantly, and the couple was badly injured. The daughter later died of her wounds.
The semi-trailer also collided with a Border Police vehicle, and two officers were lightly injured. The driver of the semi-trailer was also lightly injured.
In a separate incident, a pedestrian was seriously injured when he was hit by a car while crossing the Geha highway, near the "Coca Cola" bridge.