Pedestrian, 60, run over and killed near Haifa

Young man seriously injured in Jerusalem car accident after hitting street pole

By ToI Staff 3 October 2016, 5:34 am

Paramedics exit an ambulance, illustrative (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

A 60-year-old pedestrian was run over by a car and killed Sunday night in Kiryat Motzkin, near Haifa.

Magen David Adom paramedics declared the man dead at the scene. The car driver was taken in for questioning.

Meanwhile a man in his 20s was seriously injured in Jerusalem when his car hit a pole.

He was evacuated to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem under sedation, suffering from a head injury.