Ten people sustained injuries when a car barreled into them at the Pardes Hanna-Karkur Junction. Among the injured, one is in critical condition, two are severely wounded, three have moderate injuries, and five have lighter injuries. The majority of the injured were transported to Hillel Yafe Medical Center in Hadera for treatment.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the assailant deliberately ran over pedestrians before continuing for a few meters. He then struck a police officer, collided with a police vehicle, and was subdued and arrested. Initially, reports indicated that the attacker was an Israeli Arab, but further clarification identified him as a Palestinian Arab from northern Samaria, driving a vehicle belonging to an Israeli Arab. According to police, he was neutralized after emerging from the car with a screwdriver.
Police spokesperson Asi Aharoni shared: “According to initial details the individual who was arrested by officers is the one who carried out the attack. The terrorist rammed several individuals at a bus stop and then stabbed people, and collided with a police car.”
Paramedic Avi Cohen described the chaotic scene: “We arrived at a complex scene with a lot of commotion following a vehicle that hit several pedestrians. There were eight injured people at the scene—two in serious condition, three in moderate condition, and three with minor injuries. They were near a bus station at the Karkur junction in the westbound lane when the vehicle struck them, and when we arrived, they were lying on the ground. We immediately began providing medical treatment to all the injured, including stopping bleeding and bandaging wounds. We loaded them into ambulances and mobile intensive care units and quickly evacuated them to Hillel Yafe Medical Center in Hadera.”
MDA EMT Orly Keinan recalled: “It was a severe scene. When we arrived with large forces, we saw the injured, some of whom were lying on a dirt mound behind the bus station. They told us they were hit by a vehicle that went onto the sidewalk and fled. We provided them with life-saving medical treatment, including stopping bleeding, bandaging, and immobilizing injuries. We evacuated them to Hillel Yafe Medical Center, with two in serious condition, three in moderate condition, and the rest with minor injuries.”
{Matzav.com Israel}