Ramat Gan man allegedly involved in incident which left Meital Aharonson dead; second suspect at large.
By JPOST.COM STAFFMeital Aharonson 224.88(photo credit: Courtesy)
A 27-year-old Ramat Gan resident was arrested Saturday on suspicion of being involved in the hit-and-run which left Meital Aharonson dead.
Police will request extension of his remand on Sunday morning.
The driver of the vehicle slammed into Aharonson, also 27, and another woman who was moderately injured, on Friday next to Tel Aviv's Rabin Square shortly before the driver fled the scene.
The suspect has maintained his right to remain silent and police plan to ask the court to extend his remand. Another suspect, who has a police record, was still at large.
The accident occurred after the driver of a Toyota Land Cruiser refused to undergo an alcohol test at the Tel Aviv Port and was arrested. One of the driver's two friends who were with him in the car then took the wheel and sped away from the scene. Some twenty minutes later, police received a report that two pedestrians had been hit in a serious accident.
The two women were evacuated to Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital, where Aharonson died of her wounds and her friend underwent an operation.
The vehicle, which belonged to a Ramat Gan resident, was found Friday morning, abandoned on the city's Henrietta Szold Street.
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