A deadly road accident occurred on Sunday near Ofakim, in which a 5-year-old Chareidi boy was hit by a car and killed.

The initial collision triggered a chain reaction involving three other vehicles that overturned at the scene. MDA and United Hatzalah teams arrived quickly and provided extensive medical treatment, but tragically the boy did not survive and his death was pronounced at the scene. Four additional injured people were evacuated from the scene in moderate and light conditions.

MDA emergency medics Hodaya Sheli, Israel Gaula, and Shilat Haddad described the complex scene: “This was a very serious road accident. According to witnesses, a pedestrian child was struck by a vehicle, which then caused a secondary collision involving two more cars. When we arrived there was chaos at the scene, and the child was lying unconscious, without a pulse or breathing, suffering a severe head injury. We immediately began advanced resuscitation, including chest compressions and ventilation, and evacuated him in an MDA intensive care ambulance to the trauma room at the hospital with his condition defined as critical. Meanwhile, additional MDA teams treated and evacuated the other crash victims—two in moderate condition with abdominal and limb injuries and two in light condition.”

Ronit Shrit, a United Hatzalah paramedic, said, “This was an accident involving three overturned vehicles and a pedestrian child with a severe head injury. I provided him medical assistance at the scene while performing resuscitation, after which he was evacuated to Soroka Hospital in critical condition at that stage. Additional United Hatzalah medics also treated a man and woman (aged 38 and 42) in moderate condition and two others in light condition.”

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)