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Man steals a bus in Rehovot 'to get home for the Seder'

 
 The bus that a resident of Shafir overturned in Rehovot on Saturday April 13, 2025. (photo credit: ISRAEL POLICE SPOKESMAN)
The bus that a resident of Shafir overturned in Rehovot on Saturday April 13, 2025.
(photo credit: ISRAEL POLICE SPOKESMAN)

The man was arrested by police for driving recklessly and overturning a bus in a parking lot in central Israel.

Israel Police officers arrested a man in Israel's Central District on Saturday for stealing a bus to get to his Passover Seder. 

A middle-aged man from Shafir stole a bus from Rehovot and overturned it in a parking lot in the city. 

Egged public transport to the Western Wall in Jerusalem (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
Egged public transport to the Western Wall in Jerusalem (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

Rushing for the Seder

Police reported that the man drove recklessly through Rehovot. When he was arrested, he told the officers that he needed "to get home for the Seder." 

The police informed the public transport authority of the incident and said that the man would be tried after the holidays. 

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The crash comes as Israelis saw a few car accidents on the first night of Passover. Early Sunday morning, a man died after his vehicle overturned and caught fire on Route 1 near the entrance to Ma'ale Adumim. 

Walla contributed to this report. 

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