Baruch Hashem the event ended with only one light injury when a vehicle slammed into a bus stop in Yerushalayim�s Kiryat Belz neighborhood. There were people at the stop, but B�chasdei Hashem they managed to get out of harm�s way.

The incident occurred on Petach Tikvah Street in the Belz area on Tuesday afternoon, involving a chareidi male driving a rented vehicle. The driver slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting a bus and apparently realizing he would not stop in time, made the decision to drive onto the sidewalk to avoid the bus. The car headed for a bus stop, but Baruch Hashem, seconds earlier a bus stopped, and the people at the stop, who would have been in the car�s path, had headed to the bus. One woman who was seated at the bus stop sustained a leg injury and she was transported to a local hospital.

Police questioned the driver. There was damage to a bus, bus stop and significant damage to the rental vehicle.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)