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It was 6:30AM Tuesday morning, 3 Tammuz, when a 60-year-old bicycle rider was struck and killed by a vehicle in Kiryat Yam, in northern Israel. The fatal accident occurred on Warburg Boulevard, the area’s main thoroughfare.

United Hatzalah EMT Liran Krispin explains the accident was near his home and therefore, he was there in moments of hearing the collision. Upon arrival on the scene, he found the male was unconscious, with head injuries. He was in traumatic arrest.

Resuscitation efforts were implemented but the victim was pronounced dead on the scene.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)