A vehicle struck two pedestrians near the Biblical Zoo in the Malcha neighborhood of Jerusalem on Monday afternoon.

The victims were struck as they were crossing Rechov Chaim E. Kolitz at the crosswalk. They were identified as a grandmother, who was seriously injured, and her four-year-old grandson, who was critically injured. Unfortunately, the boy was pronounced dead upon arrival to the hospital.

MDA paramedics arrived at the scene and administered first aid treatment before evacuating the victims to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.

“When we arrived, we saw two people injured, a woman and a boy, lying on the street near the vehicle,” MDA paramedics Elad Rosmarin and Yuval Bar-Ohr said.

“We carried out resuscitation techniques on the boy who was unconscious, not breathing, without a heartbeat and suffering from multi-system injuries. We transferred him to a mobile intensive care unit and evacuated him in critical condition to the hospital while continuing life-saving treatment.”

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The grandmother, 65, is currently in moderate condition, a Hadassah Ein Kerem spokesperson said.

The driver of the vehicle was detained at the scene and a police investigation has been opened into the circumstances of the incident.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)