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A man and two women in their 30s R”L were killed in a motor vehicle accident on motzei Shabbos on Route 79 near Tzipori. According to the United Hatzalah report, two vehicles were involved in the fatal crash, and all of the fatalities were in the same vehicle. They were all pronounced dead on the scene due to their extensive injuries.

Magen David Adom reports five additional injured in the accident, with two listed in serious condition and three light. A three-year-old girl was transported by a MDA helicopter to Rambam Medical Center trauma center in serious condition with head injuries. Another male in his 40s was transported by paramedics to Rambam, conscious and in serious condition with abdominal injuries. Three others in light condition (women in her 30s and two teens about 17) were transported to a hospital in Nazareth.

The occupants of another vehicle in which family members were traveling tried to assist the gravely wounded, albeit unsuccessfully.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo Credit: MDA Spokesman Unit)