Three people have died and six were left injured after a car crashed into restaurant customers in Tel Aviv.

Alan Weinkrantz, president of a high-tech PR company, and 47-year-old Menashe Raz from Ashdod were among those killed on Saturday night.

The driver of the car, a 41-year-old from Ra’anana, was also killed.

Police reports indicated that the driver suffered a heart attack and lost control of the vehicle, careering into customers sitting outside Furama, a Chinese restaurant in the centre of the city.

A female victim in her 30s was left moderately injured, while five others were lightly hurt.

Police have opened an investigation into the incident, but it is not thought to have been a terrorist attack.

Mr Weinkrantz, a Texas resident in his 60s who was president of Alan Weinkrantz and Company, was in Israel on an annual business trip.

His son Aaron told Times of Israel: "He was planning to come back to the US on Thursday. So this has been real tough and real, just crazy."

Mr Weinkrantz also leaves behind a daughter, Lauren.

Mr Raz was preparing to leave the restaurant after a night out with his wife, three children and sister-in-law's family when the car hit.

His sister-in-law Revital, 25, and his 22-year-old niece Linoy Raz were injured and taken to hospital.