A car driven by former Transport Minister Ezer Weizman ran down and killed an 81-year-old man last night in Neveh Magon, a residential section of Tel Aviv. The victim was identified as Dr. Benjamin Gellert, a factory director, who was said to have been on his way home from evening synagogue services when the accident occurred, Gen. Weizman, chairman of the Herut faction’s executive committee, was scheduled to appear before a magistrate today to be officially charged. Eye-witnesses said Gellert was hit by Weizman’s car as he tried to avoid another vehicle travelling in the opposite direction. Weizman’s daughter, a passenger in the car, was injured slightly when he applied the brakes trying to avoid hitting Gellert.
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