Police: "Anyone who witnessed or near the accident is asked to go to the nearest police station or call testers from Sharon area" • Yesterday, the arrest of the offending driver was extended
The scene of the accident // Photo: ZAKA spokesmen
Israel Police released a statement today looking for witnesses to the fatal road accident on Route 5511. Tomer Weinstein and Yaniv Lugassi were killed in the car accident that occurred Monday morning near the community of his peers, when they were both hit by a vehicle during a morning bicycle ride together.
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The late Yaniv Logassi. "Amazing man, always loved to help" // Photo: Courtesy of the family
The police statement reads: "The Israeli police are asking for the public's help in the search for eyewitnesses to the fatal car accident that occurred on December 16, 1940 at 6:40 am on 5511 between Bnei Zion and Hadarim," and in addition, asked the public that "anyone who witnessed or near the accident Asked to go to the nearest police station or call the Sharon Merchants examiners. "
The offending driver, 29-year-old Jonathan Padida of Or Akiva, who is suspected of fatally shooting cyclist Tomer Weinstein and Yaniv Lugasi yesterday, was brought to the Petach Tikva Magistrate's Court yesterday for a request to police extend his arrest. Judge Erez teaches that his arrest was extended by five days. The driver is suspected to have been under the influence of drugs at the time of the accident, and police suspect the driver threw a drug bag on the side of the road immediately after the accident.