Teenage girl injured by toppling tree at Sea of Galilee
18-year-old suffers moderate head injury, is taken to hospital by helicopter; none hurt as large tree falls at preschool due to heavy winds
A young woman was moderately hurt Monday after a tree toppled on her at the Sea of Galilee amid heavy winds.
The 18-year-old suffered a head injury due to the collapsed tree, near Kibbutz Ein Gev.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said paramedics took her by helicopter to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
The strong winds at the Sea of Galilee also led many beachgoers to snap up their belongings and call it quits, ahead of rain and thunderstorms forecast over the next day.
In a separate incident at Kibbutz Beit Kama, north of Beersheba, a large tree toppled at a preschool, crushing equipment in the yard.
No children were hurt, as teachers took the kids inside when winds strengthened.
Video from the scene showed the tree crushed an outside covered area at the preschool.
נס גדול היה פה: עץ ענק קרס על גן ילדים בבית קמה, אף אחד לא נפגע
צילום: לפי חוק 27א' https://t.co/X4miwXZjlX pic.twitter.com/6XrKTVmo1B— רדיו דרום – Radio Darom (@radiodarom97) April 10, 2023
“How frightening,” a kibbutz resident told Channel 12 news. “What luck that a minute or two before, they brought [the children] in.”
Due to the stormy weather, which came as many Israelis flocked to nature sites to enjoy the outdoors over the weeklong Passover holiday, police warned of potential flash floods in the Judean Desert and closed segments of two highways running through southern Israel.
