US EditionCalpe Tragedy: Baby Killed, and Mum Left Critical
- On September 14, 2025, in Calpe, Alicante, a parked car rolled downhill and struck a 37-year-old mother and her 20-day-old baby girl in the Empedrola area.
- The accident happened because the car's handbrake likely failed or was not properly engaged, causing the vehicle to roll out of control.
- The mother was struck while pushing her baby in a stroller, and both were quickly taken to the hospital; nearby, the child's father and their young son, aged four, witnessed the incident.
- The infant passed away at the Hospital de la Fe in Valencia shortly after being admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, while the mother remains critically ill at Denia Hospital following a leg amputation and a cerebral blood clot.
- Local authorities have begun investigating the accident’s cause, while the Calpe town council plans to observe a period of mourning in response to the community’s profound grief.
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Calpe tragedy: baby killed, and mum left critical
A 20-day-old baby girl has died, and her mother is in critical condition after being hit by a rolling car in Calpe, Alicante, on September 14. The tragic accident happened in the Empedrola residential area when a parked vehicle reportedly suffered a mechanical fault and rolled downhill, hitting the mother as she pushed her baby’s buggy. Her husband and their four-year-old son witnessed the… Source
A baby has died and her mother, 37 years old, remains admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Hospital de Dénia with reserved prognosis after this Sunday afternoon a car parked without a driver on a steep slope will run them downhill in the Alicante town of Calp.Continue reading
Tragedy in holiday town on Spain's Mediterranean coast after parked car rolls down slope, killing 20-day-old baby and seriously injuring the child's mother
Investigators believe the handbrake failed or was not properly activated. The deceased girl's father and a four-year-old boy were standing just a few metres away and witnessed the devastating accident
The father and another 4-year-old son were present at the time of the impact, which caused the amputation of one leg to the mother.
Doctors haven't been able to save the baby's life for just 20 days.
A girl, barely 20 days old, was killed after being run over by a vehicle parked without a driver on the top of a track with a steep slope and slipped unchecked, downhill and backwards, reaching a great speed. The girl was in a baby cart carried by the mother, a 37-year-old woman, who, as a result of the impact, is hospitalized at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the hospital of Denia with a reserved prognosis. The events occurred late this Sunda…
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