Two Israeli tourists killed, third injured in car accident
Israeli tourists killed in southern Bolivia
Two Israeli tourists were killed and a third seriously injured in a car accident in southern Bolivia's salt flat, Israel's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The Bolivian car driver was also killed in the accident.
The women involved in the accident were all in their 20s, traveling on a post-army service trip.
According to most recent information, the car they were in flipped over while they were on their way to a party. Paramedics and rescue crews that arrived at the scene of the accident confirmed the death of two of the Israeli women. The third Israeli was taken for medical treatment nearby.
Another group of Israelis that were travelling with them in a separate car informed the Israeli Foreign ministry about the accident and the families of the women involved in the accident were subsequently notified.
Since Israel has no embassy in Bolivia, the consul of nearby Lima came to Bolivia in order to help arrange the transfer of the women's bodies back to Israel.
Bolivia is a popular destination for Israelis to travel to after they finish their mandatory army service. Last year, two Israelis were killed in two separate accidents there.
In May of last year, a 23-year-old Israeli backpacker was killed in an all terrain vehicle accident in the country.
The month before, an Israeli woman was killed in Bolivia during a bicycle ride. The group she was riding with entered an area with heavy fog and she was separated from the group and fell off a steep cliff.
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Dear Bruce, I also fully understand your remark. But this is web site dedicated to tourism, and, as Tania wrote, it is important to communicate about the risks one takes in traveling in some countries.
When there is a tourists bus accident in Egypt, and I'm sorry to say that it has happened more than once, the medias related to tourism also report it.
Your remark would be more appropriate on humanitarian, NGO or other general information web sites.
You can ask ETN to develop an other web site dedicated to humanitarian issues, you cannot expect them to report about the disadvantaged and vulnerable communities around the world. There are plenty of associations and NGO for that who do a wonderful job for these communities.
I fully sympathise with Bruce's view and share his disappointment at a general lack of news coverage of the suffering of huge numbers of people all over the world. But, as a tourist about to visit the Bolivian salt flats, I do appreciate the reminder that bad things can happen when you're having a good time.
One wonders, what is so news worthy about this article? And please do not get me wrong on this, - I have nothing against Israelis nor do I feel good at all about any one's loss of life. My wonder stems from the fact that there are millions of people world over who die everyday and in big numbers at that, and the most dishearteneing thing is that most of these deaths, especially in sub-saharan Africa and some parts of asia, are a result of preventive causes, - to be specific, diseases and or as a result of unjustified wars and civil strife, - which are never reported upon. So what do you find so extra ordinary about these particular deaths of the two Israel tourist in Bolivia to attract and or warrant such a coverage?
I would encourage you to take interest in the plight of the world's most disadvantaged and or vulnerable communities and highlight the very difficult and challenging situations under which they live in order to draw world attention to the need for adressing these issues in a more proactive manner. This, in my view would make you a more credible media site to read from.
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