Yana Bloom, who was indicted last year for reckless homicide after causing the death of an infant while driving under the influence of alcohol, has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
In April 2023, Bloom crashed her vehicle into an oncoming car at the southern Negev Junction on Route 40, killing ten-month-old Maayan Domanovich and injuring his parents and three siblings.
In addition to the prison time, Bloom will also be required to pay NIS 100,000 in compensation to the affected family, and will be banned from receiving a driving license for the next 20 years.
According to the indictment filed in May 2023, Bloom, a 25-year-old resident of Rishon Lezion, took a cannabis-type drug and drove to the desert for a party where she was working, the evening before the crash.
The day after the party she drank alcohol before getting into her car.
Bloom’s driving license had expired in 2022 and she did not have valid insurance.
When handing down the sentence earlier today, Judge Yuval Livadaro said he had taken into account “her quick confession and the fact that she is a young woman and this is her first prison term.”
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