Two people killed in a car accident at the Holot interchange on Route 4 near
Rishon Lezion overnight Tuesday were IDF officers, the IDF Spokesman’s Office
revealed Wednesday morning. The IDF identified the victims as Capt.
Omri
Shachar, 25, from Kfar Saba and Lt. Rafael Bublil, 22 from Ramat Gan.
Two
additional officers were injured, one seriously and one lightly, in the
incident, which the IDF called a military car accident.
MDA paramedics
treated the injured on the scene before evacuating them to Sheba Medical Center
at Tel Hashomer for further treatment. The families of the officers were
informed of the accident.
According to Army Radio, the four officers were
returning to their base in Ashdod from Tel Aviv when the driver lost control of
the vehicle for reasons that remain unclear, causing the car to flip over and
strike a truck.
Military Police inspectors opened an investigation into
the incident.