A heartbreaking tragedy struck an Israeli family on Erev Shabbos when one-month-old Avinoam Meir Davidson of Bnei Brak passed away from injuries sustained in a devastating car accident on Highway 1.

The infant had been critically injured in the crash and was taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim, where doctors fought to save his life. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

His father, Shlomo Zalman ben Galia Iga, remains hospitalized in stable condition. His mother, Ayala bas Shulamis Rosa, is listed in very serious and unstable condition.

The family had been traveling to Yerushalayim for Shabbos, planning to stay at the Bikkurim recovery center together with their infant son, Avinoam Meir z”l. Their other children had remained behind in Bnei Brak with their grandparents.

The tragic accident claimed the life of the infant while leaving both parents seriously injured.

Avinoam Meir was the grandson of Reb Aharon Seller of Bnei Brak and Reb Aryeh Davidson of the Kiryat Herzog neighborhood in Bnei Brak.

The driver transporting the family was also injured in the crash and remains hospitalized. His name for tefillah is Avrohom ben Zehava.

The infant’s body was transferred to the Abu Kabir forensic institute. The levayah is expected to take place today in Elad.

Tehei nishmaso tzerurah bitzror hachaim.

{Matzav.com}