One killed, 40 injured after truck hits Israel bus stop

A truck crashed into a bus stop north of Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv, leaving at least one person dead and 40 others injured. Of the injured, 10 are reported to be critical.

The incident happened on Sunday at a bus stop near the Gillot Israeli military base, with rescue workers saying several people were trapped under the truck, Al Jazeera reports.

Preliminary police findings showed the truck driver also hit a bus that had stopped at the same station to drop off passengers, the police said in a statement.

Photos and videos on social media showed several people pinned down under the truck as medics and rescuers tried to help. Police cordoned off the area and a security helicopter hovered above.

Police did not immediately say whether it was a deliberate attack.

The Jerusalem Post news website quoted police as saying civilians who were on the scene had shot at the truck driver to stop him.

Paramedic Elior Yosef, who arrived at the bus stop after the ramming, said he saw eight people “trapped under the truck”.

“A number of further casualties were either lying or walking near the truck,” he was quoted as saying in the Magen David Adom statement.