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Five Killed in Separate Israel Crashes as Police Probe Route 805 Pileup

The crashes come during a year that Or Yarok says saw the highest road death toll since 2006.

Overview

  • On Route 805 near the Yuvalim Junction, three men in their 30s died in a four-vehicle collision, according to MDA.
  • Two more from that crash were evacuated to hospital, including a man about 50 in serious condition and a man in his 20s in moderate condition.
  • Police and traffic investigators remained at the Route 805 scene to examine the circumstances and manage traffic.
  • Hours earlier on Highway 6 near Tayibe, two men around 35 were pronounced dead after their vehicle overturned into a wadi.
  • MDA and fire crews rescued and treated two additional passengers from the Highway 6 crash, evacuating a man and a woman in serious condition to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.