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Bus Driver Arrested for Fatal Hit-and-Run of Eight-Year-Old Boy
An eight-year-old boy died on Thursday after being struck by a bus in a hit-and-run incident on Route 316 in the Negev.
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What happened
- 01An eight-year-old boy died after being struck by a bus on Route 316 in the Negev on Thursday.
- 02The bus driver fled the scene of the collision and was later arrested by police.
- 03The suspect, a bus driver in his 50s, was taken to the Lehavim police station for questioning.
- 04The injured child was initially treated at a clinic in Hura before being evacuated to the hospital.
- 05Magen David Adom paramedics performed resuscitation efforts on the boy en route to Soroka Medical Center.
- 06Police will bring the suspect to the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court for a detention extension hearing.
The child was initially brought to a local clinic in the Bedouin town of Hura. Paramedics from Magen David Adom then transported him to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva while performing resuscitation efforts, but his death was later pronounced at the hospital.
Following the collision, the bus driver fled the scene. Police officers from the Ayarot and Lehavim stations, alongside additional Southern District forces, launched searches and subsequently arrested a suspect in his 50s. The driver was taken for questioning, and police plan to bring him before the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court to request an extension of his detention as traffic investigators continue to probe the crash.
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