Two women and the baby of one of them, aged just over a year, were injured this Sunday afternoon while they knocked down by a National Police car in the centre of Madrid. One of the women was seriously injured, while the mother and her baby were admitted to separate hospitals, with the younger one having a guarded prognosis.
The accident occurred around 4:10 p.m. at the crossroads between Narváez and Alcalá streetsMadrid police and emergency sources informed EFE. The police patrol was heading to the area around the scene of the accident in response to a request for support from other police officers who were trying to arrest a man who had attacked another person and was still violent.
According to police sources, the patrol was driving with its acoustic and light signals on, and so the rest of the vehicles were moving away from its path. However, one of the drivers, apparently unintentionally, crossed paths with the patrol car and the police officer who was behind the wheel. I had to change direction abruptly.
The police car ended up climbing onto the sidewalk and hitting three people, two women and the baby of one of them. The Municipal Police opened an investigation to clarify the circumstances in which the accident occurred. For their part, the Samur-Protection Civile paramedics treated the three injured. The most serious, with one foot in a catastrophic statewas a 47-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital in La Paz.
The other woman, aged 34, suffered a fractured femur and multiple bruises and was taken to hospital. October 12 Hospital with a less serious prognosis, according to Urgences Madrid. Her baby, just over a year old, suffered facial trauma and head trauma. He was admitted with a guarded prognosis while waiting to know the extent of the blow to the head. In addition, health workers treated the baby’s grandmother and another woman, who were suffering from anxiety attacks.
