Bus Crash Update: Bus Driver Identified

Jerusalem, 29 September, 2021 (TPS) -- Asher Besson, 76, from Kiryat Yam, has been identified as the driver of the bus who was killed in a terrible accident that took place this evening in northern Israel. His bus crashed into a private car.

It can also now be confirmed that the woman and three children who were riding in the car at the time and who were also killed were, in fact, a mother and her three children.

Dvir Neria, a guide who was on the bus when it crashed, told Israel’s Kann 11 News that the accident happened after the bus went down winding roads. “I felt the bus suddenly gaining momentum, losing control and then we collided with something,” he said.

You can see our full coverage of the crash here.