A mother and her baby are in serious or critical condition following a collision that may have been caused by a terror attack near Ariel, according to initial reports. It appears that Arabs threw rocks at vehicles, causing the accident, but there are different reports as to how precisely the accident took place.
The mother was in a car with her daughters, aged about 6, 4 and one year old. Some or all of the casualties were trapped in the car for a relatively long time after it crashed into a truck from behind.
All four casualties have reportedly been taken to Beilinson Hospital.
The accident took place at the Gitai Avisar junction, near Ariel in Samaria. Eyewitnesses said the car's driver lost control of the vehicle when Arabs threw rocks at it, and it crashed into the truck. Rocks were also thrown at a bus, as an MDA photo from the scene shows.
Yonatan, a paramedic at Hatzala Gush Dan, told Arutz Sheva: "The accident apparently took place because a truck stopped at the side of the road due to the rock attacks, and the private vehicle hit the truck for reasons that are not yet known.
"A mother and her daughters, including a year-old baby, were trapped in the private vehicle. We provided treatment and after a protracted extrication, MDA and IDF teams evacuated them to the hospital, with the year-old baby's condition being termed critical. The mother and another girl, aged 4, are in moderate to serious condition, and another girl, 6, is in moderate condition."
Photos: Hatzala Gush Dan, and MDA Operations Documentation via israelnn.com
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