Spanish journalist charged over fatal hit-and-run in Jerusalem

A Spanish journalist is indicted over a fatal hit-and-run in Jerusalem last month.

Julio de la Guardia, 49, is charged at the Jerusalem District Court with manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident, driving while intoxicated, running a red light and and driving over the speed limit.

Chaim Tukachinsky, 31, an ultra-Orthodox pianist, composer, and conductor, was killed in the accident.

Prosecutors request de la Guardia be held in custody until the end of legal proceedings against him.

Spanish journalist Julio de la Guardia is brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court under suspicion of involvement in a fatal hit-and-run collision in Jerusalem, on September 24, 2018. (Flash90)

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