Nine injured, including one seriously, in minibus accident near Beit Shemesh

Nine people were injured, including one seriously and another moderately, when a minibus overturned on Route 353 near Sarigim, close to Beit Shemesh in the Jerusalem region, early Thursday morning, Magen David Adom (MDA) announced.

MDA's Jerusalem dispatch center received a report of the accident at 6:03 a.m. Paramedics and emergency medical technicians dispatched to the scene found the minibus lying on its side, with all the passengers outside the vehicle.

A man in his 30s was seriously injured, while an 18-year-old sustained moderate injuries to multiple parts of his body. Seven other passengers sustained light injuries.

Medical teams provided treatment at the scene before evacuating the nine injured passengers by ambulance. MDA's initial statement identified Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem as the destination.