A 60-year-old electric scooter rider was killed Wednesday morning after being struck by a vehicle on Road 44 in the town of Azor, according to i24NEWS. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene; the accident was initially reported as a serious injury overnight and the fatality confirmed later.
A 60-year-old electric scooter rider was killed in a traffic accident on Wednesday morning after being struck by a vehicle on Road 44, near the town of Azor, according to i24NEWS.
The incident unfolded over several hours: at 02:26 Jerusalem, emergency services reported the rider was seriously injured. Magen David Adom (MDA) teams treated him at the scene and evacuated him to Ichilov Hospital with multi-system injuries — as reported by N12 at 02:54. However, by 07:13 Jerusalem, medics pronounced him dead at the scene, indicating that despite initial evacuation, his injuries proved fatal.
As The Zioneer reported at 07:14, the death was confirmed by i24NEWS. The accident adds to a series of e-scooter-related incidents reported in recent weeks. The circumstances of the collision remain under investigation.
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