Train wreck victim laid to rest
Dozens of friends and family accompany Olga Akmayev as she is laid to rest at Kiryat Gat cemetery; husband and daughter still hospitalized for injuries
KIRYAT GAT - Dozens of friends and family gathered at the Kiryat Gat cemetery Thursday to pay their last respects to 20-year-old Olga Akmayev who was killed in the train accident two days ago.
Olga's 26-year-old husband Yaakov (Timor), who suffered moderate head injuries in the wreck, arrived at the funeral in a wheel chair and insisted on reciting Kaddish.
In addition, her parents came from the Ukraine for the funeral. Olga's mother had expected to see her daughter next week, as the couple planned to visit her family abroad.
Following the accident, Akmayev and his nine-month-old daughter, Hadas, were hospitalized at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv.
His is in moderate condition and his daughter is hospitalized in serious condition in the pediatrics intensive care unit.
Surrounded by support
The couple become religious several years ago and were attached to the ultra-Orthodox world.
Rabbis and yeshiva students accompanied Olga as she was laid to rest and offered support to Akmeyov who is now left to raise their daughter alone.
"We cannot understand why a disaster like this has happened to these people," Kiryat Gat Rabbi Moshe Hablin said. "Olga was a modest woman who was faithful to the Torah."
Hablin pledged to help Akmayev in his rehabilitation and assist him in raising his daughter.
