Inbar Greidinger-Geisler (30) from the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv who was killed when a safari vehicle rolled over in the Ngorongoro conservation area, has been airlifted back to Israel.

Ambassador Michael Lotem, the Israeli envoy to Kenya and the East African region, said in a telephone interview from Nairobi yesterday, that the body was airlifted along with six other Israeli tourists involved in the rare tourist site accident.

 “We appreciate the cooperation received from local authorities and the management of the hospitals that attended to the injured Israelis in Karatu,” the envoy stated.

Greidinger-Geisler was with five family members. They were evacuated from the scene of the accident by helicopter and flown to the Karatu district designated hospital run by the Lutheran Church as well as a private medical center run by the Foundation for .African Medicine and Education (FAME) also in Karatu.

Inbar, who was married last year to Or Gisler, happens to be the daughter of businessman Israel Greidinger and his wife Naomi, the University of Haifa library director.

She was accompanied by her husband and other family members during the trip, who were slightly injured in the accident.

The group was riding in a Toyota Landcruiser, T-450 APB operated by Wakali Safaris of Arusha, whose director Jonathan Samuel said later that the safari truck with their company’s branding had been hired.

 “We assisted in the process of evacuating the injured passengers who have been flown back home,” he explained, with officials earlier explaining that the Israeli tourists were covered by the Harel Insurance Co.

The insurer moved into action, seeing to it that the family was evacuated by helicopter, to a local hospital for a range of injuries and facilitating an Israeli doctor being flown out to assist with treatment.

Miri Geffen Zilkha, the insurer’s head of health and foreign claims, stated that the firm sent an Israeli doctor to provide prompt and optimal medical care to the insured just as they were being flown back home.

Hamis Dambaya, communications officer for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) said in a statement after the accident that reckless driving by the tour van driver caused the rare mishap.

The accident which killed the Israeli tourist occurred near the crater viewpoint as the safari vehicle was driving back towards the Loduare entry gate, he stated.