Israel - Drunk teens pass out at pre-Purim party
Twenty-two teenagers aged 16-17 from Hod Hasharon became
intoxicated at a club in the Even Yehuda area and four of them were evacuated
to the Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba after losing consciousness.
One of the youths has already been released after
treatment and the three others are being hospitalized. Police have opened an
investigation in order to clarify who sold them the alcohol despite the fact
that they are underage.
The adolescents arrived at the club via pre-arranged transportation
to celebrate at a pre-Purim party.
Magen David Adom teams were called to the scene after
receiving a report about teens losing consciousness. Eighteen of them were
treated on the spot and some of them were taken home by their parents.
"It is hard to fathom the children in a situation
like this," said one of the paramedics who arrived at the scene.
"They were simply drunk and spoke nonsense, even to people who tried
helping. It was scary to see and even scarier to know that parents send their
kids to parties and don't even know what they are doing there."
The police investigation revealed that the teens arrived
at the party fully equipped with alcohol and left the club numerous times in
order to drink more. The police immediately put an end to the party and asked
the club owners to close for the night. "We will check who brought the
alcohol there and who sold it to the teens. We will locate and try the
person," said the police.
The Hod Hasharon Municipality responded by saying,
"a police team was alerted during a routine patrol to disperse a group of
loitering teens in a public space. The team discovered that it was a private
adolescent get-together and that some of them were intoxicated.
"In light of the irregular incident, schools were
instructed to enhance their alcohol-related pedagogic activities, in
cooperation with the adolescents' parents and the Education Ministry. Such
activities were already held on Thursday morning."
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