A horrific tragedy occurred on Thursday evening in Rehovot: a 17-year-old girl was killed after being struck by a private vehicle on Menachem Begin Street in Rehovot, near the Rehovot Science Park. According to eyewitness accounts, the accident occurred during a siren, when the teenager was running toward a protected shelter.
At 21:42, a report was received at the emergency dispatch center of Magen David Adom in the Ayalon region about a pedestrian who had been hit by a car. MDA teams that arrived at the scene found the girl suffering from severe multi-system trauma.
Paramedics from MDA performed medical examinations at the scene, but tragically had to pronounce her dead at the location.
MDA paramedic Shila Alfasi said: “We saw the girl lying on the road unconscious and suffering from severe multi-system injuries. We were told she had been hit by a car. We carried out medical examinations, but she had no signs of life and we had no choice but to pronounce her dead.”
Volunteers from United Hatzalah who also arrived at the scene reported that this was a fatal accident involving a young pedestrian.
Yosef Haim Maluka, a United Hatzalah medic who was among the first to arrive, said: “We were told at the scene that a pedestrian had been struck by a private vehicle. Passersby said that while she was on her way to a protected area because of the sirens, she was hit by the car. Unfortunately, her death was determined at the scene due to the severe nature of her injuries.”
Israel Police later stated that traffic investigators from the Central District have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the fatal accident.
Police said the accident occurred in the Science Park area of Rehovot, and involved a private vehicle and a pedestrian. Medical officials confirmed the girl’s death at the scene, and the circumstances of the incident are currently under investigation.
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