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Monday, February 28, 2022
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Monday, February 28, 2022
Child killed in traffic accident in southern Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA child has been killed in a traffic accident in southern Israel, police and medics say.
According to police, a 10-year-old boy riding a bicycle is hit by a bus in the Bedouin village of Abu Talul near Beersheba.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service however says medics found him lying unconscious on the Route 25 highway, several meters from the bus that apparently hit him. MDA puts the child’s age as 12.
Police say officers are at the scene and have opened an investigation.
Initial reports indicated two children had been killed in separate accidents. However, it emerged shortly after to be the same incident.
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