Man killed in hit-and-run in southern Israel, driver turns himself in

A 70-year-old man who was found unconscious following a hit-and-run on Highway 80 near the Tel Arad junction in the Negev, east of Beersheba, later succumbed to his wounds. The accident occurred between a truck and another vehicle. The truck driver involved fled the scene, but later turned himself in. Magen David Adom (MDA) received a report of the incident at 11:14 a.m.The death of the 70-year old follows a string of traffic accidents that have resulted in the death of Israeli pedestrians. Last Wednesday, Daniel Cohen, 13, from Tel Aviv's Neve Kfir neighborhood, was killed when a concrete mixing truck hit him while he was riding on an electric scooter. Since the beginning of 2020, 28 people have been killed on Israel's roads. Other recent hit-and-runs have plagued Israel in recent months, including last December, when a woman in her 80s died of her injuries after being hit by a vehicle in Herzliya. The perpetrator was later arrested. Another case occurred when a pedestrian in his 80s was hit by a passing vehicle, and seriously injured. Traffic police investigating the case later tracked down the driver, a Holon resident in his 70s, and arrested him as he arrived at a garage to repair the windshield that was broken due to the accident.