RSR Amichai Carmeli, A 46-year-old police volunteer was run over to death early Saturday morning on Maccabim Road in Rishon Lezion, near the Beit Dagan junction. Carmeli’s death was determined on the spot, two other volunteers were lightly injured. Five Rahat residents were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the incident.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle that hit the officers was involved shortly before in the accident in which he hit the taxi, and fled the scene of the accident. The occupants of the vehicle, four residents of Rahat, knew that a police car had witnessed the accident, and began to flee. The suspects arrived in their vehicle very quickly at the checkpoint in front of the Volcanic Institute, as is customary every week, and hit the police volunteers who were standing there.
Immediately afterwards the suspects tried to escape from the scene, unloaded their vehicle and started running each in a different direction, but a brief chase by the policemen who were at the scene led to the arrest of all four. At the same time, another Rahat resident arrived at Assaf Hospital with injuries and claimed that he was injured in falling down the stairs of his house, the very turn and the fact that he was a family member of those involved in the accident led the police to arrest him as well. It is further revealed that there were two vehicles in the incident, their involvement is not yet known.
The investigation examines the offenses of manslaughter, reckless driving, drunk driving, crossing an intersection at a traffic light, attempting to escape from the scene and assaulting police officers.
The late Amichai Carmeli, a resident of the city, served as a volunteer in the traffic division of the YMATA Shefela unit for more than 15 years, leaving behind a wife, two children, a father and two brothers.
Minister of Internal Security Amar Bar-Lev He said: “Israeli police officers, including the volunteers who devote their free time to this, divide their bodies day and night between perpetrators of crime and civilians, and in the morning we received a painful example of this. I share the heavy grief of the late Amichai’s family. The late Chief of Police Moshe Carmeli, who was killed in 1973 by a grenade in Gaza City – “and wishes a speedy recovery to the wounded.”
Commissioner of Police, Rabbi Yaakov Shabtai Commenting on the incident, he said: “The Israel Police mourns the death of a veteran, motivated, professional and dedicated volunteer, the grandson of the late Corporal Moshe Carmeli, a police officer who fell on the eve of Yom Kippur in 1973 when a grenade was thrown at him on the main street of Gaza. Amichai saved a week “A week later the lives of many thanks to the police activity and life-saving enforcement he carried out on the roads, and this morning he was killed when a vehicle trying to break through a police checkpoint hit him and the rest of his friends, two volunteers who were by his side and lightly injured.”
The late Amichai, who volunteered week after week for 15 years, is an example and role model for contributing to the community, dedication and responsibility through meaningful service in the Traffic Division of the Police. “This shift, on the night between Friday and Saturday, which is known for its complexity, did not deter him and he made sure to volunteer to come out of the spirit of mission and the belief that in his activity he saves the lives of boys and girls who return from spending time back home.”
He added that “we are still investigating the circumstances of the incident but it appears that it was a serious incident that began with a hit and run accident, continued with disobedience to police and ended in an escape and breaking through a police checkpoint that injured the late Amichai and injured two volunteers. I promise that the police will do everything to bring to justice the criminals who should be severely punished. ”
The head of the traffic department is standing Yehuda Ben Atar He said: “This is a very serious incident during which the late Major Amichai Carmeli fell on guard in protecting road users. The late Amichai was part of the traffic department volunteers who are at the forefront of protecting the entire public on Israeli roads. The late Amichai was a volunteer who contributed for over 15 years in the traffic department, professional, brave, salt of the earth and I send my condolences to the family. “
The scene of the accident in Rishon Lezion (Photo: MDA operational documentation)As mentioned, Carmeli was killed by the vehicle, and three others were lightly injured. MDA medics and paramedics who were called to the scene were forced to determine his death on the spot and evacuated the wounded to Shamir-Assaf Hospital.
Shlomo Levy, a paramedic on an MDA motorcycle, said: “There was a lot of commotion at the place. One of the wounded who was unconscious and suffering from a very severe multi-system injury lay near the trees beyond the separation fence. We performed medical tests but he was without signs of life and we had no choice but to determine his death. “Three other lightly injured, including two pedestrians and a passenger from the vehicle that was involved in the accident, were treated on the spot and evacuated in MDA ambulances to the nearby Shamir Hospital when their condition was stable.”
About a month ago, a 29-year-old resident of Lod was arrested on suspicion of trampling on a Border Police fighter and stealing a car in the Shoham area. The incident began at night after a report was received of a vehicle stolen in the city of Lod. Border police and police, who were called to the scene, began carrying out roadblocks along the suspect’s escape route.
During the chase, a team of Border Police fighters blocked barbs on Road 444 at the Givat 28 junction. The suspect, who arrived at the scene quickly, broke through the checkpoint and ran over one of the border fighters. Two other fighters who were at the scene, fired at the vehicle and hit it.