Three injured as car fleeing police hits 5 other vehicles on Ayalon Highway
Woman rushed to hospital in moderate condition after incident near Herzliya; suspects flee on foot
Three people were injured in the Herzliya area Friday night when a car fleeing from police hit five other vehicles on a major highway. Police were searching for the suspects, who managed to escape on foot.
A woman, aged around 30, was moderately wounded, while two other people suffered light injuries.
Police said officers had tailed the vehicle on the Ayalon Highway after it was observed driving in an odd fashion, whereupon it accelerated and began driving recklessly in an attempt to escape, ignoring policemen’s orders to stop. It then hit the other cars.
The victims were rushed to Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Medical Center.
The suspects proceeded to flee on foot and police were searching for them in the area.
Four Israelis were killed Friday in traffic accidents across the country, including two teenagers struck by cars while riding electric vehicles.
Friday’s deaths brought the number of Israelis killed in traffic accidents this year to 270, according to data from the National Road Safety Authority, 33 more than at the same time last year.
Last Saturday a pregnant woman and her teen daughter were killed in an accident on Route 6 when their car hit the safety rail on the road and bounced back onto the road, where it was hit by a second vehicle. The woman’s baby was delivered by medics in critical condition in an emergency procedure, and died a few days later as well.
The Times of Israel Community.