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Tuesday, August 22, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Woman, 44, killed in Galilee hit-and-run
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA 44-year-old woman is killed when a truck hits her on Route 85 in the Lower Galilee, near the Halafta Junction.
According to eyewitnesses who spoke to the Magen David Adom ambulance service, the woman was standing next to her stopped car on the side of the road when the truck smashed into her and the car.
The truck driver sped away. Medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene.
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.
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