A girl was fatally struck by a vehicle in the center of Rosh HaAyin, according to Israeli media reports. A resident of Kafr Qasim has been arrested in connection with the incident.
The 9-year-old girl who was critically injured Monday afternoon when a minibus struck her on Rehov Shalom Shabazi in Rosh HaAyin has died of her wounds, Israeli media report. A resident of Kafr Qasim, the driver of the minibus, was arrested by police in connection with the incident. The development extends a story The Zioneer has been tracking since the initial collision was reported at 16:47 Jerusalem on Monday, when Magen David Adom medics performed advanced resuscitation and evacuated the girl to Beilinson Hospital with life-threatening multisystem trauma. At 16:47, The Zioneer reported the victim as a 9-year-old girl in critical condition, based on MDA and initial media reports — an identification that the dispatch editor noted as unconfirmed by on-record sources at the time. The arrested suspect's age and the specific charges have not yet been released; police are investigating the circumstances of the accident.
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