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A pedestrian was struck by a truck on Bezalel Street in Jerusalem on Sunday around noontime. The victim sustained serious injury. Police detained the truck driver for questioning.

Magen David Adom reports that a man about 50 was struck and found under the truck upon their arrival. The truck had to back up a bit in order to extricate the victim from underneath.

Paramedics transported him in very serious/unstable condition, intubated and sedated, to the trauma unit of Shaare Zedek Hospital.

The victim was pronounced dead shortly following his arrival in the trauma unit.

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