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Tourist hit by jeep on Haifa beach By Fadi Eyadat Tags: Haifa, Israel A 24-year-old tourist from Sweden was seriously injured Saturday when a jeep ran her over as she sunbathed on a Haifa beach. The tourist had been lying on the sand as an Israeli friend went for a swim. The 34-year-old driver ran her over while driving in reverse. Bathers who saw him shouted at him to stop, but he panicked and shifted into forward drive - running over her again. Tirat Hacarmel police chief Tuvia Yisrael told Haaretz that the man has dozens of prior driving violations. The driver, who lives in the Haifa suburb of Kiryat Haim, was detained by police and will be brought before a judge for arraignment today. Advertisement The tourist was rushed to hospital, suffering from a deep laceration to her scalp and fractured vertebrae. Sources from Haifa's Rambam Medical Center told Haaretz that she will be hospitalized and treated in the hospital's surgical department. The accident occured at a non-declared bathing area, and therefore does not offer bathers constant supervision by law enforcement officers, Yisrael explained. Nonetheless, driving is prohibited within 100 meters of Israel's shores. "We are responsible for a 11-kilometer long coastal strip," Yisrael says. "We can't place an officer every two meters to make sure no one is driving there." Patrol officers do try to make sure no one is driving along the beach, he added. Dror Ezrah, who heads the beach portfolio with the Green Party, said, "Police have been showing deadly ineptitude in enforcing the prohibition on driving along the shoreline." Bookmark to del.icio.us   Killing spree Police conclude Jerusalem bulldozer killer acted alone. The Bar exam Attention celebrities: Israeli start-up company can save you from paparazzi   1.   beaches and Israelis 05:00  |  ka 06/07/08   2.   TRAFFIC IS killing MORE THAN A WAR. 07:08  |  BOB KING 06/07/08   3.   I go to this beach all the time 07:10  |  Dror 06/07/08   4.   Tourist on the beach hit by a Jeep 07:22  |  Millicent 06/07/08   5.   Irresponsibility by the driver...and by the police chief 08:00  |  Leon 06/07/08   6.   This guy ever been around a bulldozer and Rachel Corrie? 08:27  |  Colin Wright 06/07/08   7.   "We can`t place an officer every two meters to make sure no one i 08:29  |  Colin Wright 06/07/08   8.   Ban Jeeps from beaches now 08:41  |  SJ 06/07/08   9.   Police too busy easting Bamba 09:12  |  Joe 06/07/08   10.   Everyone suffers from the beach SUV`s and ATV`s 09:24  |  S 06/07/08   11.   Zero Enforcement Right After Accident 09:24  |  Michael 06/07/08   12.   nature preserve 09:41  |  sea turtle 06/07/08   13.   Extradition Now!!! 12:14  |  Peter 06/07/08   14.   Wrath 12:24  |  Henry 06/07/08   15.   Stockholm Peter what are you smokin 14:24  |  x-ray 06/07/08   16.   constant supervision by law 19:35  |  jujul 06/07/08

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