A tragic accident during Chol Hamoed Pesach claimed the life of 34-year-old Leah Yocheved Zinger a”h, who was killed in a car crash while returning from visiting the kever of the Pele Yoetz in Bulgaria.

Four other passengers traveling with her were injured, some seriously, and were taken to local hospitals for treatment.

Leah Yocheved had been part of a group of Israeli travelers who journeyed to Bulgaria for Pesach. Earlier in the day, the group departed from a resort area near Varna and made their way to the city of Silistra in order to daven at the kever of the Pele Yoetz, a well-known makom tefillah that draws visitors seeking yeshuos.

The devastating crash occurred as the group was on its way back from the kever. Emergency responders who arrived at the scene were forced to pronounce one of the passengers dead, while providing urgent medical care to the four others who were injured in the collision.

Members of the local Jewish community are working closely with Bulgarian authorities, along with representatives of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, to address all aspects of the situation, including arrangements to bring the nifteres to kevurah in Eretz Yisroel.

Yehi zichrah boruch.