Israel Prize winner David Kazhdan, 67, was severely injured
Sunday when he was hit by a truck while riding his bike in Jerusalem.
He was taken to Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem, where
doctors were trying to stabilize his condition Sunday night.
“He is in very serious condition and the medical team is
continuing its efforts to save his life,” hospital spokeswoman Rachel Goldblatt
said.
The driver who struck Kazhdan didn’t stop and was not
immediately located. Police set up checkpoints in the area near the accident
and at the exits to Jerusalem in an attempt to catch the driver.
Kazhdan’s son, David, was riding ahead of him when the
incident happened. The two were on their way back from a trip to Beit Shemesh.
“I was riding in front of him, so I didn’t see the accident
itself,” David said. “I heard the crash, and when I looked back, I saw my
father lying on the ground. I didn’t manage to see the truck, because my focus
was on my dad. This work I leave to the police.”
Kazhdan was born in Moscow and moved to the US in 1975. He
immigrated to Israel in 2002 and won the Israel Prize for mathematics and
computer science in 2012. He is currently a professor of mathematics at the
Hebrew University in Jerusalem, professor emeritus at Harvard and a member of
the National Academy of Sciences.
He lives with his wife in Jerusalem and has three children.
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