18-month-old child seriously injured after being hit by ambulance
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- An 18-month-old boy was seriously injured in Recklinghausen after falling onto the road from a car and being hit by an ambulance.
- The ambulance driver was responding to an emergency and braked after seeing the child, but could not avoid the collision.
- Police said the child was not in life-threatening condition and continued investigating why the car door opened.
An 18-month-old boy was seriously injured in Recklinghausen after falling from a car onto the road and being struck by an ambulance.
The ambulance was traveling to an emergency when the car’s passenger door suddenly opened. The child fell onto the street, and the 25-year-old ambulance driver saw him and braked, but could not prevent the collision.
The ambulance crew treated the boy at the scene. Police said his injuries were serious but not life-threatening.
A 24-year-old woman from Castrop-Rauxel was driving the car, which also had another child in the back seat. It remained unclear why the passenger door opened and whether the woman was the boy’s mother. Investigators continued working on the case.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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