(haipo) – A tree collapsed on a group of hikers near Nahal HaShofet, killing a 71-year-old man and injuring three people – including a 4.5-month-old baby girl in moderate condition.
The deceased is Prof. Motti Golani (71), a historian of the Mandate period and the State of Israel, a full professor at Tel Aviv University and head of the Chaim Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel.
The Salvation Union stated:
Nahal HaShofet/Nahal Harubim parking lot - a tree fell on hikers. United Hatzalah volunteers at the scene report 4 injured, one about 60 years old in serious condition, another injured in light-moderate condition, and 2 in light condition, including a toddler.
MDA reported:
On Friday, 25/4/25, at 16:18 PM, a report was received at MDA's 101 hotline in the Carmel area about injuries resulting from a tree that fell in an open area near Nahal HaShofet.
MDA medics and paramedics provide medical treatment and refer a 4.5-month-old baby girl in moderate condition with a head injury, a 60-year-old man in serious condition with head and lower limb injuries, and a 40-year-old woman in moderate condition with a head injury to Rambam Hospital.
Rambam Hospital reported:
Several victims of a tree branch collapse in Nahal HaShofet were evacuated to the Rambam shock room this afternoon. A man in his 70s was evacuated in very serious condition while undergoing CPR, and unfortunately, he was pronounced dead in the shock room.
A 40-year-old woman with a head injury, currently undergoing imaging tests, and a six-month-old baby in stable condition – in the pediatric emergency room.
I wrote about the issue and gave an accurate description of trees on the verge of collapse and the many that collapsed to Yonatan Darom in 2014, a resident of Yokneam. Some of the kibbutz members there know me. Over the years, many trees have fallen and there were also signs. You could say it was negligence that there was no protection in terms of collapse and there are solutions for that, and there was no proper treatment of the trees. Yonatan Darom, did you do anything about it?