September 5 • 2019 55
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Times of Israel
T

housands attended the 
joint funeral on Aug. 
29 of teen sisters from 
Ashkelon, Israel, who were killed 
in a car crash that police suspect 
was caused by the driver speed-
ing while under the influence of 
alcohol. 
Tahel Maul, 16, and her older 
sister Yarin, 19, were buried at the 
southern port city’
s Giv’
at Zion 
cemetery where they were eulo-
gized by Ashkelon’
s Mayor Tomer 
Glam. 
“We are heartbroken and refuse 
to believe that we stand here today to 
bury two girls from the city, Yarin and 
Tahel,
” Glam said, according to Walla 
news. “Two sisters, inseparable in life 
and death. Two sisters who went out to 
have fun and never returned. Smiles of 

joy and laughter that will never be 
seen or heard again.
”
The teens were killed in the 
early hours of and a third sister 
was fighting for her life after the 
accident. Tahel was declared dead 
at the scene by Magen David 
Adom paramedics. The two other 
siblings and the driver were taken 
to Barzilai Medical Center in the 
city, where the older sister, Yarin, 
was declared dead despite efforts 
to save her life.
The 3 a.m. crash happened 
when the driver, 22, lost control 
of the vehicle and hit a tree on a 
traffic island. So powerful was the force 
of the collision that the car’
s engine was 
thrown out and scattered down the 
street.
The third sister, 14-year-old Adele 
Maul, was flown to Soroka Medical 

Center in Beersheba for further treat-
ment after doctors stabilized her condi-
tion.
Her life was still in danger according 
to Hebrew-language media reports.
The driver, who was moderately 
injured in the accident, was apparently 
Yarin’
s boyfriend. An initial investigation 
reportedly found he was speeding at the 
time, and police suspect he may also 
have been drunk. Another suspicion is 
that the passengers did not have their 
seat belts fastened.
According to Channel 13 news, it is 
thought that Yarin went to collect her 
boyfriend, with her sisters in the car, 

from an event outside Ashkelon, at 
which point he took over as driver of the 
vehicle.
“They were very close with one anoth-
er,
” said Liav Vaknin, a friend of Tahel, 
who was to celebrate her 17th birthday 
on Sept. 9. “Sometimes they would fight 
a bit, then make up. They liked hanging 
around together, and then this hap-
pened.
”
The sisters’
 aunt told Israeli Channel 
13 news that the teens were “adorable 
and charming,
” telling Channel 12 that 
Tahel was “a beautiful and smart girl. She 
always helped everyone and was the first 
to offer help.
” ■

Israeli Teen Sisters 
Die in Car Accident

Yarin Maul

Tahel Maul

Sisters Yarin and Tahel Maul 

were buried on Aug. 29. 

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