Pedestrian killed in truck accident on Highway 44 near Beit Dagan

A pedestrian in his 40s was killed in a road accident on Highway 44 near Beit Dagan involving two trucks. One truck driver was detained for questioning; both drivers were lightly injured.

A pedestrian in his 40s was killed last night (Wednesday) in a fatal road accident on Highway 44, near the Chabad Junction in the Beit Dagan area. The accident involved two trucks and the pedestrian, who was critically injured and evacuated to Shamir-Asaf Harofeh Hospital while receiving CPR, where his death was determined. The two truck drivers sustained minor injuries. The report was received at the MDA 101 emergency hotline at 02:54. Medics and paramedics found the pedestrian unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, with severe multi-system trauma. MDA paramedic Nitai Harpaz, motorcycle unit medic Moshe Skaat, and emergency medicine medic Aharon HaS described the scene as "very difficult" and evacuated him in a mobile intensive care unit while performing chest compressions, ventilations, and administering medications. The police updated that his death was determined at the hospital and his identity has not yet been clarified. Traffic investigators of the Shfela district opened an investigation, and a truck driver in his 70s, a resident of Petah Tikva, was detained on suspicion of involvement in the accident.