Granted Rushed rescuers will focus on the victims. The driver, his co-driver and a toddler who rode were injured and taken to hospital © Koen Laureij.
Utrecht A family outing to the terminally ill grandmother to deliver a fun afternoon yesterday afternoon ended in a drama. The carriage in which was the Sanchez family from Utrecht, tipped over and hit the frightened horse racing. The driver and his passenger were seriously injured, like the toddler who was sitting on the coach.
Aytron Sanchez sat my parents, his sister and his seriously ill grandmother in a wooden carriage for a ride through the city. When the driver from the High North Draaiweg the wild ride it all went wrong.
“The traffic warden said, still we could not down there, but the coachman went anyway. The horse stepped off the pavement, but the coach overturned when he drove off. When the horse ran off, “says an emotional Sanchez. His little sister was wounded in her head as she fell off the carriage.
His story is confirmed by construction workers who were working on the Draaiweg, which is closed to traffic. “There is a fence, with a traffic there,” says one of them. “It’s clear that you are not allowed past. And therefore can not. The worst thing is that he does not even let steps. “Passengers off first
The horse made the Draaiweg immediately turned and put it on a walk in the direction where it came from, with the tilted carriage behind adhere to.
If death
Residents of the High North saw the animal passing and ran outside. “I was terrified that he would run through and a car would pop or cyclists would hit,” says Jan. “But he stopped of itself, I think he was in pain. When I only have it disconnected from the carriage, and I stayed with him. He was shaking like a leaf. “
The injuries of the horse seems to be better than. The The animal was examined by a veterinarian at the veterinary faculty of the university and had a superficial injury to one of his legs. The veterinary faculty has for the animal concerned.
Police are investigating how the accident could happen and whether the driver is to blame for anything. Local resident Jan and his wife complain about the traffic situation in the High North. The narrow street is temporarily dead end because the Draaiweg closed is.’Gevaarlijk
Poor specified
“It is poorly marked. Instead, you get a plate, but that is often skewed, so it can not be read. Then drive the cars anyway, and they should return at the end. This is a very busy bike route, it’s dangerous as’
About the condition of the victims, the police last night to say anything, except that the nature of the injuries serious was.Sanchez:. “I heard my sister crying in the ambulance. That is now a very good sign. ”
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