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Yaron Bracha at the Tel Aviv District Court last year. (Motti Kimche) Last update - 11:22 27/05/2008 Driver in 2007 road accident convicted of manslaughter for six deaths By Haaretz Service and Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Tel Aviv, road accidents  The Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday convicted Yaron Bracha of manslaughter for the deaths of six people, including his twin brother, in a road accident that took place in March 2007 near Lod. Bracha, who was driving at the time of the accident, ran a red light at double the speed limit and crashed into another car. After the accident, his blood and urine samples tested positive for cocaine, marijuana, and three times the legal blood alcohol content, police said. Advertisement The car he crashed into was driven by Moshe Ben Gigi, an Egged bus driver, and contained four of his colleagues, also drivers: Yitzhak Cohen, Aharon Benishi, Michael Kashpur and Yona David. They were all killed. Bracha, who was seriously injured in the crash, was the accident's only survivor. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Nuclear allegation Jimmy Carter says Israel has arsenal of 150 nuclear weapons. On penalty of death Rightist MK Eldad says those who give away Israeli land should get death penalty.   1.   Tragedy 11:34  |  Simon 27/05/08   2.   Tragedy? 12:28  |  Dr. Lek 27/05/08   3.   Israeli Minister of Transport 13:23  |  Mike 27/05/08

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