70-year-old woman injured by truck in Ashkelon, condition serious

A woman about 70 years old was seriously injured after being hit by a truck on David Ben Gurion Boulevard in Ashkelon. MDA teams evacuated her to Barzilai Hospital suffering from multi-system trauma.

A woman about 70 years old was seriously injured after being hit by a truck on David Ben Gurion Boulevard in Ashkelon. Magen David Adom teams called to the scene provided her with initial medical treatment and evacuated her to Barzilai Hospital in the city, suffering from multi-system trauma. The report of the accident was received at the MDA 101 dispatch center in the Lachish region at 11:27. Medics and paramedics who arrived at the scene found the pedestrian lying on the road suffering from severe injuries. After initial treatment on site, she was evacuated in a mobile intensive care unit for further medical care at the hospital. Senior medic from the motorcycle unit Liran Gam Zeh LeTova and MDA medic Elazar Logasi, who treated the injured woman, said the pedestrian was lying on the road with clouded consciousness and suffering from multi-system trauma.