The Jerusalem Police (Moria station), detained tonight (or until Tuesday) for investigation, a driver who hit an elderly pedestrian in Jerusalem last night with her vehicle, and allegedly caused her death.
The accident happened last night in the evening (Monday), in the area of Dania Square in the capital.
An elderly woman about 89 years old was found lying on the road, and a preliminary investigation in the Jerusalem district raised the suspicion that she was injured as a result of a traffic accident that occurred there.
According to the suspicion, a car driver hit a pedestrian with her car while she was walking near a crosswalk, and later, as mentioned, she was pronounced dead at the hospital.
the scene of the accident.
The 70-year-old driver saw the elderly woman lying on the road and returned to her car, photo: police spokeswoman
The preliminary findings of the investigation revealed that the driver hit the woman with the vehicle apparently accidentally, and after the impact she got out of the vehicle and recognized the woman lying on the road.
In a short time, with the arrival of other passers-by, she returned to her car and drove away.
After quick investigative actions carried out tonight by the police of the Moriah station and the traffic examiners of the Jerusalem district, the circumstances of the accident became clear and the identity of the driver, a resident of the Mata Binyamin Regional Council, in her seventies, was revealed.
The police detained her at her home and she was transferred to the Jerusalem district for questioning, while the investigation into the circumstances of the accident continues.
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