THE 69-year-old man run over by ex-Noiseworks singer Jon Stevens on Monday is top Israeli journalist Akiva Eldar.

Mr Eldar, a high-profile political columnist and commentator, was in Sydney visiting his in-laws — including his brother-in-law, property developer Danny Avidan and his fashion designer wife Charlie Brown.

He was just metres from Mr Avidan’s home in Point Piper when he was struck down by Stevens’ BMW X5.

It’s reported Mr Eldar was on his way to visit his mother-in-law when the incident occurred.

The accident also took place near the home of Stevens’ ex-fiancee Jodhi Meares in the exclusive east Sydney suburb.

It is understood Stevens was visiting his son when his car collided with a 69-year-old man on a pedestrian crossing at the corner of Wolseley Rd and Point Piper Road just before 1.30pm.

The elderly man sustained injuries to his legs and was taken to hospital for treatment.

A NSW Police spokeswoman confirmed the incident took place adding the 52-year-old male driver stopped to assist the pedestrian until police and paramedics arrived.

It has been reported an on-the-spot-alcohol test was carried out and returned a negative result.

Following the incident Stevens issued a statement saying he “can’t take a trick right now”.

“I hope the gentleman is OK, police and paramedics assured me he is but I’ll be checking in to make sure. It was just an accident, I can’t take a trick right now. I’m devastated,” Stevens said in the statement.

The incident is the latest the former frontman has been embroiled in recently.

Last week he was front and centre of the John Singleton fracas, even seen carrying the businessman out of the pub across the road from the restaurant where Singleton had held a broken glass to the face of fellow diner Jack Cowin after a “joke” over drinking rose.

Three months ago, Stevens was involved in an altercation with his then fiancee Jodhi Meares that resulted in charges and an apprehended violence order. Both were later dropped but not before Stevens had multiple singing gigs cancelled by promoters.

Meares, who lives in Point Piper, has her own chequered driving history.

In 2014, she flipped her Range Rover after hitting a row of parked cars and was charged with high-range drink-driving. She miraculously escaped without injury but was fined $1100 and banned from driving for a year after pleading guilty in Waverley Court, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

At the time Stevens vigorously defended her to the media and on social media, even telling one of her critics to “choke on your own vomit”.