Road accident on the N41 trunk road in the East Flemish municipality of Lebbeke has resulted in the deaths of a 7-year-old girl and her foster mother. The foster mother died at the scene, the little girl died of her injuries later in hospital.
The girl and the woman were in a car that was involved in a head-on collision with a lorry. The woman died at the scene and the little girl was taken to hospital in a critical condition. The preliminary results of an accident investigation indicate that the crash was a tragic accident.
The accident happened on Thursday evening on the N41 in Lebbeke near to the junction with the Eksterstraat. For reasons that are as yet unknown the car crashed head on into a lorry. The emergency services had to cut the woman and 7-year-old girl free from the wreckage of the car. However, they was too late to save the woman and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her foster daughter was seriously injured in the accident was was taken in a critical condition to Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent). She died of her injuries in the early hours of Friday morning. The lorry driver was uninjured but was taken to hospital to be given treatment for shock.
The N41 trunk road was closed to traffic while an investigation was carried out into the cause of the accident.