While children were taking advantage of the good weather to play in the street, one of them was knocked down by a vehicle traveling on rue des Horticulteurs. The facts occurred around 8 p.m., the shock was particularly violent. “The child was thrown before falling on the asphalt,” said a witness to the scene. “He was conscious when paramedics arrived. »
The driver of the vehicle left the scene running. Leaving his car and his companion there. “He has been identified but for the moment, he has not been arrested”, specifies Magali Delannoy, spokesperson for the Mouscron police.
The child, aged 10, would have appeared in front of the vehicle which would not have had the opportunity to avoid it. The emergency services had to stabilize him on the spot. “He was taken to hospital and the latest news is pretty good. His days are not in danger, ”reassures Magali Delannoy.