7-year-old boy killed in road accident in Negev
A 7-year-old boy was killed Friday evening in a road accident in the Negev after being hit by a private vehicle on Highway 264 near Rahat. The boy was brought to meet an MDA team unconscious and suffering from multi-system injuries, and they were forced to pronounce his death at the scene. Police have opened an investigation. Yesterday, five people were killed in four fatal accidents, and since the beginning of the year, 322 people have been killed.
A 7-year-old boy was killed Friday evening in a road accident in the Negev. The boy was brought to meet an MDA team on Highway 264 near Rahat after being hit by a private vehicle. He suffered multi-system injuries and was unconscious, and the team was forced to pronounce his death at the scene. Police have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the accident. The report was received at the MDA Negev dispatch center at 18:02. MDA paramedic Malek Abu Arara described the incident: "We met with a private vehicle that brought us the boy who was unconscious near the entrance junction to Rahat. They told us he was injured in a road accident. We performed medical checks, he suffered multi-system injuries and had no signs of life, and we had no choice but to pronounce his death." Yesterday, five people were killed in road accidents in four fatal incidents: a motorcyclist in the Kiryot, a taxi driver about 70 years old on the Ayalon Highway, two residents of Tarabin who collided with each other in the Negev, and a cyclist near Hof HaTzuk in Tel Aviv who was run over by an illegal resident. Since the beginning of the year, 322 people have been killed in road accidents.