A mother hung on tightly to her baby when the Ambulance they were travelling in was pushed into a nearby ditch at Vaitele yesterday afternoon (pictured).
Neither sustained any injuries.
The vehicle was heading from Leulumoega District Hospital to the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital at Moto’otua so that the woman’s child could receive urgent medical assistance.
The baby, not yet a year-old, was suffering from a severe case of conjunctivitis (pink eye).
She didn’t have time to give her name to the Samoa Observer before she was escorted into the Fire and Emergency Services ambulance after the accident.
But she confirmed they were rushing to the hospital at Moto’otua so that her baby could receive urgent help.
“My baby is suffering from a severe pink eye condition.”
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A young man who witnessed the accident from the nearby reservation area said the ambulance had its siren on and was overtaking a red Suzuki Toyota.
The Toyota was signalling into the Vaiteleuta direction at the three corners in front of BOC Gases, said the witness.
The Toyota continued turning inland, hitting the side of the ambulance and pushing it into a ditch located by the side of the reservation.
He was also called over by emergency responders before he could give his name.
Motorists are normally supposed to give way to emergency vehicles by pulling to their own side of the road, not crossing it.
Police and the Fire and Emergency Services were immediately called to the scene of the accident and cordoned off the area.
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