16-year-old killed in Jerusalem hit-and-run
Driver turns self in after hitting Hagai Goldstein, of Kfar Adumim, who was crossing street near his school
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A 16-year-old high school student was killed after being hit by a car in a hit-and-run incident in Jerusalem on Thursday, Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem said.
Hagai Goldstein was hit by a vehicle as he crossed Golda Meir Boulevard in Ramot at a pedestrian crossing.
The driver initially fled the scene of the accident, but later turned himself in to police. He will be brought before a judge on Friday for a remand hearing.
Goldstein was a student at Or Hatorah in Ramot, and was a youth leader in a local scouts troop.
He was buried later Thursday evening in his hometown of Kfar Adumim in a private ceremony.
The tragedy is the second to hit the small settlement in as many months, after three members of a family from there were killed on July 17 after their car collided with a truck in northern Israel.
At least 13 people have died in August road accidents, after an especially bloody July that saw 41 dead and 145 seriously hurt. In all, 250 people have died in traffic accidents in 2017, a slight increase from the 244 who died in the equivalent period last year, Hebrew-language media and Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics report.
Earlier this week, a 44-year-old woman was killed when a truck hit her on Route 85 in the Lower Galilee, near the Halafta Junction.
According to eyewitnesses, the woman was standing next to her stopped car on the side of the road when the truck smashed into her and the car before speeding away. Medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene.
The Times of Israel Community.