Fatal Crash in Northern Israel Splits Car, Kills One

A man in his 30s was killed in a severe car accident on Highway 762 near Rakefet on Sunday evening. A woman in her 40s sustained moderate injuries and was transported to Rambam Hospital with abdominal and lower limb trauma.

Emergency services reported that the accident involved three vehicles. One car sustained minor damage, another was severely damaged, and a third vehicle was split in half, with a portion falling into a four-meter-deep ditch. Firefighters used specialized rescue equipment to descend into the ditch, set up lighting, and extract the moderately injured woman.

Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene after finding him without signs of life inside the section of the car that had fallen into the ditch. Two other individuals involved in the crash were evacuated with minor injuries.

Police accident investigators from the Asher region have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the crash, collecting evidence at the scene.