A 16-year-old was arrested on suspicion of running over a 4-year-old girl at the Tel Aviv port - and fled the scene

Eyewitnesses said that they saw the boy riding an electric scooter at speed, hitting a girl who was hanging out with her father and throwing her off.

The police arrested him near his home in the city and he was taken in for questioning.

As a result of the injury, the girl was referred to the Ichilov Hospital suffering from a broken jaw - and underwent surgery

Kerin Sagi

03/09/2022

Saturday, September 03, 2022, 12:31 Updated: 12:50

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In the video: a 10-year-old boy riding an electric scooter was killed by a car in Petah Tikva (Photo: MDA)

A 16-year-old boy was arrested today (Saturday) on suspicion of running over a four-year-old girl at the Tel Aviv port - and escaped.

Eyewitnesses said that they saw the boy riding an electric scooter at speed, hitting a girl who was hanging out with her father and throwing her off.

The police arrested him near his home in the city and he was taken in for questioning.

The report on the incident was received yesterday at the police hotline.

As a result of the injury, the girl was taken to the Ichilov Hospital in the city suffering from a broken jaw.

The police stated that: "The investigation of the case was opened yesterday evening with the receipt of a report regarding the suspicion of a four-year-old minor being run over by a scooter rider. Following the injury, the minor underwent surgery at the hospital."

Electric scooter under test (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Keinan Cohen)

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