Palestinian girl struck by car in northern West Bank
10-year-old taken to Petah Tikva hospital with serious head injury
Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
A Palestinian girl was seriously injured on Monday after being hit by a car in the northern West Bank.
The 10-year-old girl was hit near the Yakir Junction, and taken by Magen David Adom paramedics to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva.
Suffering from a head wound, she was anesthetized and hooked up to a respirator while on her way to the hospital.
The identity of the driver of the vehicle that struck the girl was not immediately clear.