JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: Medical teams from United Hatzalah performed resuscitation on a 5-year-old boy who was critically injured in a road accident on Hazon Ish Street in Beit Shemesh on Thursday morning. Sadly, shortly afterward, his death was pronounced upon arrival at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

The hospital stated: “A 5-year-old boy in critical condition following a road accident in Beit Shemesh was brought to the trauma unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Unfortunately, despite resuscitation efforts that began at the scene and continued in the trauma room, the medical teams were forced to pronounce his death.”

First responders Yaakov Yungreiz and Yehiel Rosenberg from United Hatzalah said:
“This is a harsh scene involving a pedestrian child, about 5 years old, who was struck by a vehicle. We performed advanced resuscitation and he was transported to the hospital in critical condition.”

Magen David Adom reported that at 08:14 a call was received about a child pedestrian struck by a car on Hazon Ish Street. Paramedics treated and evacuated the child to Shaare Zedek in critical condition while performing resuscitation, noting that he had multi-system trauma.

MDA emergency medic Yosef Haim Huzzi said: “This was a very serious incident. The child was lying on the road near the vehicle, unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, with severe multi-system injuries after being hit. We immediately began CPR, including chest compressions, ventilation, and medication, and rushed him to the hospital in critical condition.”