The investigation into the crash in Jerusalem continues, this is the name of the victim

A shuttle driver who tried to escape from a crowd that attacked him near the ‘Beit Israel’ neighborhood in the capital did not notice a man standing in front of his vehicle and ran him over to death | In recent hours, the name of the 47-year-old resident of Mevaseret Zion has been allowed to be published

Itamar Ben Abu, a 47-year-old resident of Mevaseret Zion, was killed in a car crash that took place last night (Sunday, Shoshan Purim) on Third Wall Street, corner of Shivtei Yisrael in Jerusalem. The driver was arrested for questioning after fleeing the scene. Immediately afterwards he was hospitalized at Shaare Zedek Hospital. He is suffering from bruises on his face.

Ben Abu, studied at a Torah institution in the Beit Israel neighborhood of the capital. His acquaintances said that in recent years he had approached religion and moved to study in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood. Police are still investigating his connection to the incident.

At Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital it was announced last night that the death of the 47-year-old man, who was fatally injured earlier in the crash event despite the doctors’ efforts, was determined, at the hospital he died as a result of his severe wounds.

As you may recall, the accident was preceded by a disturbance during which dozens of fringe boys threw stones and attacked drivers who passed by in the area and were suspected of being Arabs. The shuttle driver who was involved in the accident escaped and was apprehended shortly after. Police have opened an investigation. The background to the incident was checked at this time, but according to documentation from the scene, the shuttle driver was attacked and an attempt was made to cause damage to his vehicle.

It is estimated that the shuttle driver who tried to escape from the crowd that attacked him, did not notice anyone and ran him over to death, but all directions of the investigation are being investigated by the police. The driver, who provided an initial version to police, claimed he was attacked by the crowd and tried to flee. This is a shuttle driver, who is in the service of one of the hospitals in the capital.

Hadassah Hospital, to which the wounded man is being treated, said that he was taken to a shock / trauma room at the hospital’s emergency medical center by a 47-year-old MDA who was fatally injured by a shuttle vehicle in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem. The MALRD team continued the resuscitation operations of the MDA team and fought for his life, but his injuries were extremely severe and he was finally forced to determine his death. “

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