A 16-year-old Yeshiva Bochur was R”L hit by a vehicle and killed on Monday night, the eve of 1 Rosh Chodesh Kislev 5774.
The victim, Yosef Yonah Rotner z”l, a talmid in the Belz Yeshiva in Beit Chelkiyeh and a resident of Ashdod, was struck and killed by a passing vehicle as he was crossing Route 3 at the entrance to the community. Resuscitation efforts were carried out but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Zaka, Magen David Adom and Ichud Hatzalah operated on the scene. Police are investigating, pointing out that intersection does not have a traffic signal or designated crosswalk.
The family was heading to Beit Shemesh to light candles in the home of a family member. The niftar was crossing the road to get to a bus stop to join the family at the Chanukah event. The father received the news on his way to Beit Shemesh and he turned around and headed back home.
The levaya began from the Belz Beis Medrash in Rova Zayin in Ashdod, traveling to Kiryat Belz in Yerushalayim and kvura was in Har Menuchos.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem / Photos, Meir Havivi Chadashot 24)
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this part of the road is really terrible. I drive there a lot. Beis Chilkiya is around a 40 seconds down the road from Yad Binyamin but the bus stop to ashdod and yerushalayim is on the other side of the road. In order for someone to catch that bus they have to walk around 5 minutes just for a pedestrian cross and then walk back toward the direction of beis chilkiya but on the other side to catch the bus when in reality if there would be a pedestrian cross right out of beis chilkiya instead of making this round and around walk to a stop that’s right across then it would’ve saved this 7th life. 7 pple have been killed there. very sad indeed.
40 seconds by car. 5 minutes by foot.