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		Police investigating the scene of a road accident that left four dead near Rosh Ha'ayin Tuesday. (Tomer Appelbaum)

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Four Palestinian workers die in road accident on way to Israel

By Haaretz Service

Tags: Palestinians, Israel

Four people died and thirteen were injured Tuesday in a road accident south of Rosh Ha`ayin, when a minibus driving Palestinian workers to Israel collided with two other vehicles, Israel Radio reported.

The radio reported that a truck swerved from its lane and then collided with a minibus filled with Palestinian workers en route to Israel on a road linking the West Bank to Israel. None of the Palestinians were wearing seatbelts and several were thrown from the minibus.

Four of the Palestinians were instantly killed in the accident, five people were moderately injured and the remainder were lightly hurt.

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Magen David Adom Rescue Services evacuated the injured to hospitals in the area.

The truck driver, a 25-year-old from Hod Hasharon said that he crashed into the minibus because one of his tires exploded.

Police have begun investigating the cause of the accident. Israel Radio reported that the driver had 18 prior traffic violations.

In a separate road accident, a motorcyclist died on the Tel Aviv-Haifa coastal road near Netanya.

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1.	foul play	09:15	\|	suspicious	01/01/08

2.	Carnage On The Roads	10:11	\|	Bob Mizrachi	01/01/08

3.	Palestinian Workers	11:51	\|	Noam	01/01/08

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5.	re #1 `foul play`	13:57	\|	Colin Wright	01/01/08

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7.	4 Arab workers dead	14:49	\|	suspicious 3	01/01/08

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