A resident of Lod in his 50s was indicted Monday in Central District Court in Lod over the death of a man in his 60s from Holon, who was killed on May 30, 2026, while riding an electric scooter on Route 44 between the Kfar Chabad and Beit Dagan junctions. The charges include negligent homicide, leaving the scene after a crash, and obstruction of justice.
According to the police investigation, the scooter rider was traveling legally when a passenger in the car shouted a warning to the driver. The driver allegedly dismissed the warning by saying, "It is only a pole," then veered sharply onto the right shoulder without slowing down and struck the rider with the front-right side of the car, killing him at the scene.
Investigators said the driver did not call for help and fled in the dark. First responders arriving at the scene pronounced the scooter rider dead, while officers from the Rishon Lezion station, the Shephelah traffic unit, Lod police, and Border Police launched a rapid search that found the suspect at his home and later located the car with forensic evidence and crash damage linking it to the scene.
The indictment says the driver then tried to keep two minor passengers from telling police what happened. After they got out and walked away, he allegedly chased them in a dangerous drive, forcing them to jump over a roadside barrier. When one girl threatened to call police unless he took the injured man to Assaf Harofeh, he allegedly told them, "I will make trouble for you." Prosecutors have also asked that he remain in custody until the end of proceedings because of the danger he poses and the risk of obstruction.
