knocked down in front of a school, a woman and a 3-year-old child in absolute emergency
A traffic accident occurred this Wednesday, November 16 around 1:00 p.m. in front of a school in Noyelles-sous-Lens, department of Pas-de-Calais. A childminder and the child she accompanies were hospitalized in serious condition.
Emotion was strong in front of the kindergarten on rue Victor Hugo in Noyelles-sous-Lens in the Pas de Calaisthe relatives of little Diego, were waiting for news of the 3-year-old child taken care of by the doctors of the SMUR of Lens and Arras, shortly after 2 p.m.
An hour earlier, the childminder, a 50-year-old lady who had just dropped off her daughter at the summer camp, was walking down the pedestrian crossing with the 3-year-old child by her side. It is at this moment that a 4×4 hit them near a speed bump, the shock was very violent.
The maternal assistant and the little boy were seriously injured, the lady hit in the head was transported to the Lens hospital center, the child injured in the legs was taken to the Lille CHR under police escort to the shock treatment service.
The two victims ended in absolute urgency.
The investigation was entrusted to the Lens police station, which was still on the scene this afternoon, taking samples, photos and markings on the ground.
At least one of the victims was dragged on the road, long traces of blood were still visible under the vehicle involved.
“I didn’t feel anything”
The driver of the 4×4, a man in his sixties, said he “felt nothing” at the time of the shock. The open investigation should determine the precise circumstances of the accident.