A woman tourist from Canada was among five relatives killed in an auto accident on the Negev road to Eilat Wednesday evening.
She was identified as Leanne Ochiyon, but further details, including her home town and age, were not immediately available. Also killed in the accident were her aunt, Ita Ochiyon, 38, and her cousins Sagit, 14, Ariella, 12, and Shani, 5, all of Beersheva.
Her uncle, Albert Ochiyon, 40, who was driving the car at the time of the accident, was injured and is in the hospital. Police said the car appeared to have swerved off the road, hit the side of a culvert and fallen some 10 feet into a ditch, where it burst into flames.
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