Mother Killed in Horrific Accident

By COLlive reporter

Mrs. Chana Geula Dweck started out her day on Tuesday in good spirits. The weather was nice and she was in the midst of celebrating her son’s Sheva Brachos following his wedding.

Friends from his native city of Bnei Brak and her neighbors in the Kiryat Sefer section of the frum city of Modi’in Illit appreciated her for her cheerfulness.

“Whoever spoke to her felt that she was speaking to family,” one of her former classmates recalled, noting Dweck’s charitable activities for needy families. “She constantly had the joy of life.”

To make a living, Dweck worked as a cook in a day care center in the nearby village Mevo Horon, while her husband Rabbi Meir Dweck spends his days studying Torah.

On Tuesday 7:15 am, Dweck waited for a ride at the Hashmonean roundabout on Route 446 when a flatbed truck passed by carrying construction equipment.

In what seems to have been the fault of a reckless driver, a massive and weighty construction rig drill fell off onto the sidewalk, hitting Dweck and a young girl.

Dweck, aged 53, was severely injured and rushed to the Shiba hospital in Tel Hashomer, according to the Israeli Bechadrei Chareidim website. She was pronounced dead upon arrival.

She is survived by a large family, one of them is the known Sephardic singer Moshe Dweck. Many of her siblings are Lubavitchers, among them R’ Yaakov Malka of Crown Heights. The funeral will be taking place Tuesday.

The 5-year-old frum girl injured remains in critical condition, according to Yeshiva World News. The public is asked to pray for Hadas bas Avishag.