Teenager Critically Hurt in Ashkelon Car Rollover; Two Others Injured

A 17-year-old boy sustained critical injuries and a 16-year-old boy suffered moderate injuries overnight between Friday and Saturday when a car overturned in Ashkelon. MDA (Magen David Adom) teams responding to the scene on Hillel HaYam Street found the 17-year-old lying on the ground, while the second teenager was trapped inside the overturned vehicle. After extricating the trapped youth, paramedics provided life-saving medical treatment to both before transporting them via intensive care units to the hospital. Two additional individuals sustained minor injuries in the incident.

Paramedics Shoham Galula and Afek Zerbib described the scene, noting the car was on its side with significant damage. They stated, "A 17-year-old boy lay on the ground next to the car, semi-conscious and suffering from severe bodily injuries. Another injured party, a boy around 16, was trapped inside the vehicle. While we were extricating him, we provided them with life-saving medical treatment and then evacuated them by MDA intensive care units to the hospital with their conditions serious and moderate. Additionally, we treated two more injured individuals who sustained minor injuries."

Separately, a 26-year-old man was moderately injured in a road accident in the Negev shortly before the Ashkelon incident. He was taken to a local clinic in Rahat, where MDA teams provided initial treatment before evacuating him to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba with head and abdominal injuries.

On Monday, a 14-year-old girl was seriously injured when an ATV she was riding overturned in a community within the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. MDA teams, along with IDF medical personnel, provided initial treatment at the scene. Senior MDA medic Shaul Malka stated, "When we arrived at the scene, we saw the girl suffering from severe limb injuries after the ATV she was riding overturned. We provided her with initial life-saving medical treatment, including stopping bleeding, bandaging, and stabilization, and connected with a military helicopter that evacuated her to the hospital." She was transported to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem with severe limb injuries.