A 17-year-old Palestinian from Hebron was arrested Sunday after crashing a stolen car into a bus on Route 1 and leading police on a dangerous chase that ended at the Sacharov interchange. The minor, an illegal resident in Israel, was found carrying pepper spray when he was finally stopped by officers.
According to the Israel Police spokesperson, officers from the Judea district received a report from the Harel station about a suspected stolen vehicle heading toward Route 1. Units set up roadblocks along the highway to intercept the fleeing driver.
During the pursuit, officers saw the driver crash into a bus at the Sacharov interchange. Despite the collision, he continued trying to escape until police from the Harel station, together with Jerusalem border police fighters, managed to apprehend him.
