At the end of the hearing, which was held without the driver's presence, his arrest was extended for 3 days. • The driver is suspected of speeding leading to the fatal accident. • No blood was found in his blood.
The scene of the accident at 443 // Photo: MDA
The Jerusalem Traffic Court held a hearing Monday to extend the arrest of a driver suspected of causing negligence to death, following his involvement in an accident in which Tzipi and Noam Rachel Rimmel were killed. The hearing took place without the presence of the driver, who is hospitalized for intensive care due to his health condition. The judge decided to extend his detention by 3 days.
The condition of the family's father Ephraim Rimmel injured in the accident continues to be difficult. He underwent abdominal surgery during the night and is admitted to the intensive care unit at Shaare Zedek Hospital. Itai's condition, his 12-year-old son, continues to be human due to multiple systemic and head injuries, and there is a danger to his life.
Recall that the driver who hit the Rimmel family's car on Highway 443 in an accident in which Tzipi and baby Noam Rachel were killed, woke up yesterday after an operation. Police investigators informed him he was under suspicion of negligence causing death, and investigated him for a brief investigation.
The driver, an 18-year-old resident of East Jerusalem, with no traffic past, was briefly questioned and handed an initial version. No blood was found in the hospital's blood tests. It was conducted in a toxloglogical apartment, which was intended to find out if he was under the influence of drugs while driving, but an answer to this examination will only be in a few days.
In the severe accident on Highway 443, 34-year-old Tzipi Rimmel and her three-week-old daughter Noam Rachel were killed, residents of the Neve Tzof settlement in Benjamin. Tzipi's son, 12, with me, was critically injured and doctors are struggling for his life. The family's father, Ephraim, was hospitalized in serious condition.
The late Tzipi and Noam Rachel Rimmel and the father of the Ephraim family, seriously injured // Photo: TPS
The police investigation found that the offending driver of the vehicle, about 19 years old, was traveling at high speed and collided with his vehicle in the back of the car the family was driving. From the strength of the meeting, the family vehicle collided with the vehicle in front of them. In total, four vehicles were hit in the accident.
The Neve Tzof community said: "The Rimmel family is an old family in the community and loved by all its acquaintances. Tzipi, an amazing personality, full of love, bright and caring for everyone. Very involved in the community. She worked as an English teacher at the Yishuv school. In the community, and envoys in the Jewish community in Chicago, their little daughter Noam Rachel, who was born three weeks ago, filled the family with joy.
"The catastrophe is unimaginable, it is a family full of kindness and doing. The entire community is mourning and strengthening the family.
The Rimmel family has five children. Just two weeks ago, the family conducted a kiddush to mark the birth of Noam, who was killed in the horrific accident. Itai, who was in the family vehicle and was fatally wounded, is celebrating Birthday 12. The rest of the family - Leah, Amichai and Harel - were not in the vehicle at the time of the accident.