A two-and-a-half-year-old toddler and a 30-year-old woman were injured this morning (Tuesday) in a car accident on Road 2410 between Maon and Kibbutz Nir Oz. Medics and paramedics from Med"A. They were given medical treatment and evacuated by helicopter"A. to Soroka Hospital in fair condition. The toddler was evacuated with a head injury and the woman with an abdominal injury.
Preliminary interrogation of police officers who arrived at the scene suggests that a private vehicle hit the back of a shuttle bus. Examiner of road accidents from the Negev region opened an investigation into the accident.