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)
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.
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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