Police arrest tractor driver in fatal crash near Megiddo

Two adults and 5-year-old killed; infant lightly injured

The scene of the crash. (Screenshot/Channel 10)
The scene of the crash. (Screenshot/Channel 10)

A tractor driver involved in a fatal car accident on Route 65 in the Jezreel Valley was arrested overnight Sunday on suspicion of negligent homicide.

Three people were killed when the tractor driver allegedly ignored a right-of-way sign on the road near Megiddo and crashed into a jeep, killing two adults and a 5-year-old boy from Kafr Kara. An infant in the jeep was lightly injured and rushed to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

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The casualties were members of the same family, according to initial reports.

The tractor driver was lightly injured in the crash.

 

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