Elderly woman killed in hit-and-run by truck in Jerusalem's Rehavia, police arrest driver

A woman in her 70s was killed after allegedly being struck by a truck on Rashba Street in Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood on Sunday, in what police described as a suspected hit-and-run.

After a manhunt lasting about two hours, police arrested a truck driver in his 20s on suspicion of fatally striking the pedestrian and fleeing the scene. Jerusalem District Police located the truck shortly after the crash through searches and investigative efforts.

Jerusalem District Police officers were dispatched to the scene shortly after receiving the report. Magen David Adom paramedics who arrived at the scene performed resuscitation efforts on the woman, but were eventually forced to pronounce her dead after she suffered multiple-system trauma.

Woman, 70, killed in hit-and-run in Jerusalem

"This was a difficult incident. The pedestrian was lying on the road unconscious, with no pulse and not breathing. Passersby told us that she had been hit by a truck. We performed resuscitation efforts, at the end of which we were forced to pronounce her dead at the scene," MDA medics Haki Har Kesef and Shlomo Margaliot said.

Jerusalem District traffic accident investigators opened an investigation into the circumstances of the crash.