A 70-year-old pedestrian was killed today (Friday) in a car accident after a vehicle hit her on Australia Street in Raanana.
MDA medics and paramedics arrived at the scene and noticed her with no signs of life, and were forced to determine her death. The traffic inspectors of the Israel Police in the Sharon region began an investigation to find out the circumstances of the accident.
MDA reported the accident: "MDA medics and paramedics reported a woman with a multi-system injury with no signs of life."
A senior MDA medic, Yossi Weichner, said: "The wounded woman was lying on the road next to the vehicle while she was unconscious and suffering from a very severe multi-system injury.
We performed medical tests but we have no choice but to determine her death. "
Earlier this week: Nine people killed in road accidents a day
Earlier this week, three young people from Haifa were killed in a car accident on Road 70, near the Tamra junction in the Lower Galilee.
The accident occurred around 01:05, when a report was received at Magen David Adom about a vehicle that overturned at an intersection.
Four firefighters rushed to the scene to rescue the three, who were trapped in the vehicle.
After rescuing them with Magen David Adom hydraulic tools, paramedics and paramedics who were also called to the scene found them forced to determine their deaths, after having no signs of life.
According to a preliminary police investigation, the driver of the vehicle, who was apparently a new driver, lost control of the vehicle, deviated from the lane, hit the sidewalk and then the guardrail - then hit a concrete pillar, causing it to overturn.
Police road accident investigators have launched an investigation into the circumstances of the accident.
The road accident that occurred at the Tamra junction, in which three people were killed
The dead are Mahmoud Akalek, Maher Hamad and Raja Hijazi, all three young people in their 20s from Haifa.
Itai Mazor, an MDA paramedic who arrived at the scene of the accident, said: "We saw a crushed vehicle after it overturned several times, when the three passengers, who were unconscious, breathless and without a pulse, were trapped inside.
"In a medical examination performed on the spot, the three were without signs of life and we have no choice but to determine their deaths."
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