25-Year-Old Yeshiva Student Killed As Wall Collapses In Jerusalem’s Beis Yisrael Neighborhood

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: In a tragic accident which occurred in Jerusalem’s Beis Yisrael neighborhood, a yeshiva student, 25-year-old Itzik Steinberger, was killed after a wall collapsed on a bed in his apartment. The apartment was located next to a building in which illegal renovations were being performed and during concrete pouring, the wall collapsed, fatally injuring Steinberger.

The levaya took place at 10 PM from Sirkin street in Bnei Brak to the Beis Olam in Elad.

Policemen from the Lev HaBira station, along with other rescue forces arrived at the scene and began to investigate the circumstances of the incident.

Emergency MDA paramedic Haim Neuman and MDA paramedic Benny Kister said: “When we entered the apartment, we saw a 25-year-old man lying unconscious in the wet concrete. We put our hands into the concrete and pulled him out. We immediately started CPR and evacuated him to hospital. His condition was defined as critical.”

Two months ago, residents in the adjacent house complained to the Jerusalem municipality about the renovations being conducted, stating that they had weakened the foundations of other buildings and were being performed illegally and without engineering supervision. The residents added that the renovations including excavations under the home had caused cracks to appear in the neighboring walls as well as in the ceiling, endangering the lives of 20 other people living there.