52-year-old Palestinian turns himself in after escaping police earlier in the day in a pursuit that led to a collision of a police car with a third, civilian, vehicle.
Three civilians and two police officers were injured in a collision between a police car in pursuit of a fleeing vehicle and a third car on Highway 4 on Saturday morning.
A Tel Aviv District Police car, which was patrolling the Givat Shmuel area as part of initiated police activity to prevent crime, launched a chase of a suspicious vehicle that ignored instructions to stop. The police officers called on the driver to stop several times, but he fled, driving against the flow of traffic.
The fleeing car then got on Highway 4, driving south, while the police car remained on its tail.
Near Petah Tikva, the police car collided with a third, private, vehicle, while the suspicious car’s driver was able to escape the scene.
A civilian woman was seriously wounded, while the two civilian men were moderately and lightly hurt. One of the police officers was in moderate condition while the other was in light condition.
On Saturday afternoon, a 52-year-old Palestinian from Bethlehem turned himself in to the police.
The suspicious car’s driver, who ignored police’s orders to stop and broke through a police roadblock, had apparently stolen the vehicle from a woman from East Jerusalem. Both were questioned by police.
As reported by Ynetnews