"I was trying to enter a parking lot when the bulldozer's driver signaled me to move back. I moved my car, and then he began ramming into it over and over," one of the women injured in Wednesday's terror attack in Jerusalem recounted.
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Three women were killed and at least 30 more people were injured in the attack.
"There were people there but no one attempted to rescue me or stop him," Miki Aharonson, said.
Asaf Nadav, the driver of the line 13 bus also recounted the horrific attack. "I was in a traffic jam on Jaffa Street and I suddenly saw hoards of people running toward the bus and then continuing toward the market.
"Then I saw the bulldozer heading in my direction; it gave me a little nudge. I opened the window to yell at the driver, but then he turned the bulldozer in its place, lifted the bus up and flipped it over.
"He slammed into the bus a few more times then continued on his way. I was knocked back to other side of the bus and then climbed out the window. A female officer then shattered another window and began pulling the passengers out of the bus," he said.
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The driver was lightly injured in the attack.
Bat-El Ganem, 22, a passenger on bus line 13, said the bulldozer "rammed into the bus again and again. Two babies flew towards me; I was in shock. I don’t know how I made it out alive. We flipped over until a wall stopped us."
Professor Jonathan Halevy, director-general of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in the capital said, "Unfortunately, one woman was pronounced dead on arrival. The first few minutes were dedicated to failed attempts to resuscitate her. This was following by the constant flow of 18 people who were injured in the attack. One of them sustained moderate wounds while the rest were lightly injured.
"Most of the wounded will be released to their homes today. Among the injured who arrived at the hospital were two infants," he added.
Roi Mandel contributed to the report
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