Ambulance driver falls asleep at the wheel: a mother and her 3-year-old son, thrown from the vehicle, seriously injured

The New Republic reveals that an accident involving four people took place on the night of Tuesday November 12 to Wednesday November 13 on the A10 motorway, near the Rouillé-Pamproux area (Deux-Sèvres). Two of them are seriously injured.

It concerns a mother and her three-year-old child who were on board a private ambulance. The little boy, under the force of the shock, was thrown out of the vehicle. He was admitted to Rochefort hospital the day before for intestinal pain. But due to the lack of a pediatric service on site, the transfer was decided to the Poitiers University Hospital.

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The vital prognosis is not engaged

It was during the journey that the ambulance, driven by a 65-year-old man who had visibly fallen asleep according to information from France Bleu Poitouviolently hit the guardrail. Following the driver's loss of control, the car rolled over, before coming to rest on its side, indicates The New Republic.

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The emergency services quickly intervened on site. 19 firefighters were mobilized to assist this 23-year-old mother, this 3-year-old child – both seriously injured – and the two paramedics, who only suffered minor injuries. Transported to… Poitiers University Hospital where they had to go before the accident, their vital prognosis was not compromised. According to the first elements of the investigation, the ambulance was in order and the screenings carried out were negative.