Some 33 people were wounded to various degrees after a truck rammed into a bus stop near Glilot in central Israel on Sunday, Israeli emergency medical service Magen David Adom reported on Sunday.
One person was in critical condition, according to the Sourasky Medical Center. MDA said that paramedics treated six seriously wounded and seven moderately wounded individuals.
Some 20 individuals who sustained light wounds and four people who suffered from anxiety were being treated by medics, MDA also stated, adding that the majority of casualties were adults.
MDA said it was transferring the wounded to the Sourasky Medical Center, the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus, the Meir Medical Center, the Laniado Hospital, the Shamir Medical Center, and the Sheba Medical Center.
Civilians who were on-scene had shot at the truck driver and thwarted him, the Israel Police reported.
Police noted that according to a preliminary examination, a bus had stopped near a bus stop in the area, after which the truck rammed into the bus and the people who were standing at the bus stop.
According to Israeli media, police were treating the incident as a terror attack.
Israeli media later reported that the attacker was an Israeli-Arab from Qalansawe in central Israel.
Paramedics report from the scene
United Hatzalah volunteer paramedics Aharon Yaakobson, who was nearby and arrived first at the scene, paramedics Yaron Schiff, Eliyah Tubul, and Yair Porush reported, “It was a difficult scene with a truck, a bus, and pedestrians. We provided initial treatment at the scene to over 20 people (at this stage) who sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“Some of them were rescued by fire crews in serious condition after being trapped under the truck. Members of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit also provided assistance at the scene to several people who suffered from emotional shock”.
Emergency services are currently seeking blood donations to help treat the wounded, according to Channel 12.
An information center for families to locate victims will be opened in the Sourasky Medical Center, which can be contacted by dialing 1255133.
Police stated that large forces were being deployed to the area and asked that drivers divert their routes from the area.
This is a developing story.
