Two separate emergency incidents in Bnei Brak on Thursday left a young child hospitalized and an elderly bus driver injured after losing consciousness behind the wheel.

Panic broke out at a local kindergarten during the afternoon hours when staff realized that a four-year-old girl had accidentally ingested rat poison. Emergency teams from United Hatzalah were quickly dispatched to the scene following the alert. Medics provided initial treatment at the site, and the child’s condition was reported as mild.

In a separate incident in the city, emergency responders were called to Rechov Abuchatzeira following reports of a traffic accident. A 76-year-old bus driver lost consciousness, apparently due to heatstroke, and collided with two private vehicles. Paramedics treated him at the scene before transporting him in stable condition to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer for further care.

Hatzalah medics Ephraim Weinberger and Shmuel Nechemias described the scene: “When we arrived at the scene, we found a bus driver, a 76-year-old man, suffering from signs of heatstroke, which caused him to crash into two private vehicles. Together with medics and paramedics from Hatzalah and MDA, we immediately began life-saving procedures, including cooling his body, and he was evacuated in stable condition for further treatment in the shock room at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. Thankfully, there were no additional injuries among the occupants of the private vehicles.”