A little after 7:30 a.m., on Monday morning, a 10-year-old boy was run over from behind by a passing car as he was riding to school on his scooter on Nakhal Tsalmon Street in Modiin. The driver of the car, an 18-year-old boy, did not see the child and stopped his car only as he heard the sounds of the crash and the boy was already under the car. A crowd of passersby began to form around the scene and emergency services were called.

Gilad Peled, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was in a Zoom meeting in his home right down the street from the accident when he received the alert notifying him about the serious accident. He apologized to the attendees for leaving the meeting and hurriedly ran out the door. Gilad grabbed his emergency life-saving bag out of his car and ran there on foot, knowing that due to the traffic he would most likely get there faster by running the short distance down the street. 

The boy was then transferred to the care of the intensive care team that arrived. Apart from some scratches and abrasions on the boy’s face, he miraculously seemed to have no other injuries. The 10-year-old was taken directly to the nearest hospital in light condition for further treatment and observation.