Names of Two Killed in Samaria Road Accident Released

Authorities released the names of the two Israelis killed Saturday night in an accident in Samaria. The two were Shalom Ushani, 67, from Rishon Lezion, and Yuval Barak, 45, from Ma'ale Efrayim. Funeral information will be released later Sunday.

The tragic road accident that took place between the towns of Tapuach and Migdalim in central Samaria. The accident apparently occurred as the car drove down a road with no streetlights and hit two wild boar, who were found dead on the road near the overturned car. aria Council head Gershom Mesika expressed his condolences over the deaths, and blamed the accident on the fact that the government has in the past deliberately refused to install lights on roads like the one where the accident occurred. “Many roads in Judea and Samaria do not yet have lights because of the policies of the Transport Ministry, which were in place until the current Minister took office. In many places Arabs steal the infrastructure of the lighting system, and the local authorities are slow to repair them. Thus many roads are completely dark.”