A 12-year-old girl was critically injured Thursday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident in the Shomron community of Yitzhar. The girl was riding an electric bike when she slipped and sustained a severe head injury.
Emergency teams from United Hatzalah and Magen David Adom were called to the scene around 4:30 p.m. following a report of an injured cyclist. They found the girl unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, suffering from a serious head wound.
Dr. Aviezer Gabai, a volunteer physician with United Hatzalah, and medics Shnior Sandroy and Eliyahu Frajon reported: "Passersby told us that the girl riding the electric bike was seriously injured to her head after she slipped while riding. We provided her with initial medical care at the scene while performing resuscitation, and she was then evacuated by helicopter to Beilinson Hospital in critical condition with resuscitation continuing."
Aryeh Tessler, Shlomo Meir and Ido Tomer, Judea and Samaria Hatzalah Without Borders volunteers with MDA who arrived at the scene, said: "We saw a girl about 12 years old lying at a distance from the bike after being injured while riding. She was unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, and suffering from a severe head injury. In cooperation with an IDF medical force and together with additional medics and paramedics who arrived at the scene, we began advanced resuscitation including chest compressions, ventilation and medication, and she is being evacuated while undergoing resuscitation by IDF helicopter in critical condition to the trauma unit at Beilinson Hospital."
