“I was going to give him life”: their baby died in an accident on the road to the maternity ward

2023-09-22 18:47:58

“It was July 28…” Stunned with pain, Angélique manages to hold back a sob but does not have the strength to say more, to recount the accident which suddenly put an end to her dream of ‘a life for three. His companion, Valentin, takes over. “We were going to the Arras maternity ward, around thirty kilometers away, for the birth. We had already gone there the day before because Angélique was having contractions but, due to lack of space and availability of rooms, we had to go home. » On the way, when they were only five minutes from reaching their destination, a car driving the wrong way hit the couple’s Volkswagen head-on on the road.