The president of the Beersheba District Court, Judge Benny Sagi, is killed after a vehicle hits his motorbike while he was traveling on Route 6.
According to the police, the vehicle was driving off-road, came up onto the highway, and hit Sagi.
The police state that they have begun an investigation into the incident, which took place close to the Kfar Menachem kibbutz, with police officers from the Kiryat Malachi station and traffic accident investigators examining the circumstances of the crash.
According to Magen David Adom, medics and paramedics who arrived at the scene found Sagi with multiple injuries and no signs of life.
The paramedics described the incident as “shocking.” They said they found him lying on the road, not breathing, without a pulse, and with multiple injuries, and declared him dead at the scene.
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