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Magen David Adom received the call at 1:33AM on Monday, 18 Sivan for a struck pedestrian on Route 34 near Nir Junction in the direction of Yad Mordechai. When EMTs and paramedics arrived, they found a 30-year-old male in traumatic cardiac arrest.

They attempted to resuscitate him but he was pronounced dead on the scene R”L. He was carrying his tallis and tefilin when he was struck.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo Credit: MDA Spokesman unit)