Israel Police suspect fatal car crash caused by Palestinian stone-throwing

[oberliner]

Police investigating the death of father and son Asher and Yonatan Palmer, who were found dead in their car after it flipped over near Kiryat Arba on Friday, have discovered a large rock with signs of blood on it, an indication that the accident may have been caused by a stone being thrown at the car.

The Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson’s Office issued a statement shortly after the crash on Friday, saying that it was an accident and not a terror attack, however, police now suspect that the car veered off the road after a rock was allegedly thrown by a Palestinian at the vehicle.

The police requested permission from the court on Saturday night to autopsy the body of Asher Palmer, who was driving in the car with his one-year-old son at the time of the crash. A representative of the police, Officer Tzvi Moses, said that the investigation indicated that Palmer veered off the road either because he fell asleep at the wheel or lost consciousness.

Moses added that that there were three rocks in the car, two of which entered the vehicle when it flipped over, and one that went through the front windshield. The police said that there was a gash on Palmer’s lip that could have been caused by a rock, and it is possible that it caused him to veer off the road.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israel-police-suspect-fatal-car-crash-caused-by-palestinian-stone-throwing-1.386594

[vminfla]

1. Tragic

struck in the face by a rock for simply being guilty of the crime of driving down the road.