JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE:A 7-year-old boy was killed on Thursday afternoon after being struck by a bus on a crosswalk on Rabbi Akiva Street in the Brachfeld neighborhood of the charedi city of Modi’in Illit. His death was pronounced at the scene.

Emergency responders who were called to the intersection of Rabbi Akiva Street and Abaye and Rava Street were forced to declare the child dead upon arrival.

Eliezer Hess, David Cohen, and Ido Ashraf, volunteer EMTs with United Hatzalah, said: “This is a harsh scene, a child pedestrian was struck by a bus. Sadly, his death was pronounced at the scene.”

They added:”United Hatzalah’s pyschotrauma teams are operating at the scene due to the nature of the incident.”

The Israel Police have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the fatal accident. A police statement said: “Officers from the Modi’in Illit Police Station are at the scene of the accident, and traffic accident investigators from the Judea and Samaria District have begun investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.”