Avi Ran, 23, one of Israel’s top soccer stars, was killed on Lake Kinnereth Saturday when a high powered speedboat struck the motorized water cycle he was riding. He was to be buried in Haifa Sunday after a memorial service at the Haifa Sports Stadium. Ran was a goalkeeper for the Haifa Maccabi soccer team.
Police have detained the operator of the speedboat and are collecting evidence from eyewitnesses to the accident. Vacationers in Tiberias have complained that speedboats fail to obey regulations that they stay at least 330 yards from the shoreline.
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