Charges against Melamed who forgot child in car in Modi'in Illit

After six months, the Central District Prosecutor's Office filed last month to the Ramle Magistrate Court charges against Nachman Shtitzer, Melamed in the Breslev Talmud Torah of Modi'in Illit, who drove last August Chaim Boimel z"l, 4 years old, to the Talmud Torah in which he learned, and only after the school day he discovered that he forgot him in his car and as a result, the child died.

According to the facts described in the indictment, Shtitzer drove Chaim z"l in a Toyota GT Corolla in which curtains are installed on both rear windows. During those days Shtitzer drove students to their studies in the morning and would return them at noon, in return for NIS 100 for each of them.

On Thursday, 30.8.12, the day on which the harsh disaster happened, Shtitzer drove five students, among them Boimel. During the trip to Boimel's place of study, upon their arrival to school, Shtitzer dropped off two children.

When they reached the Talmud Torah in which Haim z"l learned, in Rashbi street, Modi'in Illit, Stitzer stopped the vehicle. While seated in the driver's seat, he reached for the back and opened the left rear door of the vehicle to allow Chaim Boimel to go out.

Stitzer looked at the door mirror and caught a glimpse of a child moving at the place thinking that this was Chaim z"l that got out. Consequently, he closed the door of the vehicle by catching the curtain of the back door and pulling it until the door closed.

Stitzer did not make sure that Chaim actually got out and continued on to his place of work. At this point, Boimel remained seated in a chair at the back of the vehicle. Later, when they reached another Talmud Torah, the Melamed dropped off two other students who were left. He continued on, into the parking lot of the Talmud Torah and parked the car. Stitzer turned off the air conditioner in the car, picked up the hand brake, got out and locked it without making sure that the car was empty.

According to the indictment, Chaim Boimel stayed in the vehicle when the car temperature rose gradually, until it reached at 12:40, or thereabouts to 60.5 degrees Celsius. At the end of the school day, at about 13:00, Nachman Shtitzer returned to the vehicle and discovered Chaim Boimel, dead, lying on his side in the back of the car.

The indictment reads: "In his actions described above, the Defendant caused the death of the deceased by negligence, not making sure that the deceased got out, leaving the deceased for hours in the car; The defendant drove passengers over the limit, being paid without legal permit."

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