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Eight tourists were injured after a portion of a truck’s payload fell off it and landed on the vehicle in which they were traveling in near Moshav Karkom north of the Kineret.

B’chasdei Hashem, all of the injuries were light and treated at the scene of the accident by United Hatzalah responders. The incident caused heavy traffic accidents in the area and police are investigating the circumstances leading to it.

Rescue services were active at the scene to remove the payload from the street and extricate the passengers form the mini-bus before they were treated.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: Media Resource Group)