A 48-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of hitting two girls at a crosswalk on Rabbi Akiva Street in Ramat Gan and fleeing the scene, Channel 12 reports. The girls were taken to hospital in mild condition.
Police arrested a 48-year-old driver Monday afternoon in Ramat Gan on suspicion of a hit-and-run that left two girls with minor injuries. According to Channel 12, the driver allegedly struck the girls at a crosswalk on Rabbi Akiva Street and fled the scene. The girls were taken to a hospital in mild condition, the channel reported.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Monday (at 14:27 Jerusalem), a 48-year-old driver had been arrested in a separate incident involving three girls at a crosswalk in Ramat Gan, with a second suspect, 32, also detained. The current arrest, at approximately 14:27 Jerusalem as well, appears to involve a different incident, based on the differing victim counts and available details. By that time, police had confirmed the three girls were taken to hospital in mild condition; the condition of the two girls in the new incident was reported as mild by Channel 12.
The thread highlights a pattern of hit-and-run incidents in the Ramat Gan area. As The Zioneer reported earlier Monday, police had already detained a driver and a second suspect in the earlier incident. Separately, the context includes a suspected deliberate hit-and-run at the Geha Interchange (reported from Jun 11), a criminal-dispute hit-and-run in Jerusalem's Zur Baher (Jun 15), and a car-theft-and-chase incident in Hadera (Jun 21), all reported by The Zioneer — though none of those incidents are directly linked to the current event.
It remains unclear whether the two incidents involving girls in crosswalks in Ramat Gan on the same day are connected, or if the arrests are related to separate investigations. Police have not elaborated on a possible link.
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