A 20-month-old girl was taken to Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco after a collision involving a car and a lorry on the A8 motorway towards Italy on the morning of Thursday, November 12.
The crash occurred at around 07:30 with the young child travelling in the car alongside her parents. While both adults escaped without injury, the toddler was taken to hospital as a precaution for medical assessment, Monaco-Matin reports.
The incident highlights the cross-border emergency response available to motorists travelling along one of the French Riviera’s busiest motorway routes, with the Principality’s Princess Grace Hospital receiving the young passenger following the collision.
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The accident took place during a period of unsettled weather across the Alpes-Maritimes. Météo-France had issued yellow alerts for rain and flooding, thunderstorms and coastal wave activity, with further showers forecast around Nice throughout the day.
Although no direct link between the weather and the collision has been established, motorists were reminded to take extra care on the A8, where wet road surfaces can reduce tyre grip and increase stopping distances.
Drivers were advised to moderate their speed, maintain greater distances from vehicles ahead and switch on dipped headlights if visibility deteriorates.
