Israel - Train Overturned

Israel - Some 150 passengers were reported injured when a train derailed following a collision with a truck near Beit Yehoshua Junction between Herzliya and Netanya.

The double-decker train, carrying between 150 and 200 people from Tel Aviv to Haifa, was travelling at full speed, and the force of the collision caused three of the cars to overturn, with over twenty people, most of whom were listed lightly injured, and evacuated to local hospitals.
Petah Tikva firefighters, reported that firefighters and MDA crews were using hydraulic equipment to extract three passengers still trapped inside one of the cars. They described the operation as "complicated."

The Israel Railways director said that this was a "serious accident." And as a result of the accident, heavy traffic was reported on the Coastal Highway.

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Five people were killed and 79 injured.