Two pedestrians have been injured, one of whom critically, after a car mounted the pavement and hit them as they were walking down the street in the town of Mortsel, just south of Antwerp. A 67-year-old woman has been taken to hospital in a critical condition. The second accident victim is said to have sustained serious injuries in the accident that happened on Tuesday morning.
A cyclist that was passing when the car swerved off the road was able to get out of the way just in time. The car finally came to a halt outside a hairdresser on the corner of the Antwerpsestraat and the Jozef Hermanslei.
Kim Verdoodt of the Minos Local Police Service told VRT News that "The motorist lost control of his vehicle, but we don’t know why. He suddenly veered off the road at the corner of the Antwerpsestraat and the Jozef Hermanslei." Two pedestrians were walking on the pavement and were run over by the car. A 67-year-old woman was taken to hospital in a critical condition, the other victim sustained serious injuries. The driver of the car was slightly injured.