A child has been taken to hospital after being trapped under a tram in Evere. The circumstances of the accident are not known, but the news is reassuring.
The worst was avoided this Wednesday in Evere, shortly before 4 p.m. An 8-year-old child found himself under a tram near Place de la Paix, we are informed via the orange Alert us button. Emergency services and the police quickly arrived on the scene to free him. “We intended to lift the tram, but moving the child a little was enough to get him out“, reassures fire brigade spokesperson Walter Derieuw.
The child, who had no apparent injuries, “was taken to hospital in a condition that was not worrying“, he continues before confirming, later, that his life is not in danger. The Brussels-North police zone, which confirms the incident, does not comment on the state of the victim, although let the echoes be “positive“.
The police also do not comment on the circumstances of the accident, which will be the subject of an investigation. The driver, in shock, was also taken to hospital. He was not under the influence.
-At 4 p.m., police asked people to avoid the area for “a few hours“.
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