Three teens were killed early Friday when the vehicle they were traveling in collided with another car in northern Israel, police and medics said.
Magen David Adom medics declared two of the victims dead at the scene after firefighters managed to free them from the wreckage, while a third teen died later of his wounds after being airlifted to a hospital by an Israel Defense Force helicopter in critical condition.
The medics were assisted by teams from the IDF and the Fire and Rescue Authority.
A man, 35, and a woman, 43, who were in the other vehicle, were seriously injured and taken to the Ziv hospital in Safed.
MDA said the teens were “about 18 years old,” but Hebrew media reports said they were 16 and 17.
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The victims were not immediately identified, but reports said all three were residents of nearby Kibbutz Kfar Blum
“It was a shocking accident; we saw two vehicles, one of them in which the three youths were traveling, was completely crushed,” said MDA medic Eli Ben Zaken.
Police said they were investigating the cause of the crash on Route 9779 between Kiryat Shmona and Moshav Beit Hillel, adding that a preliminary probe indicated that the car with the three teens had made a U-turn without seeing the other oncoming vehicle.
