Around 8.20 a.m. this Friday morning, the Ghent police had to intervene on the Antwerpsesteenweg following an accident. A child had been hit by a car at an intersection on his way to school. Injured, the boy had to be taken to hospital. But, according to information from the Nieuwsblad, his life would not be in danger.
This incident nevertheless alerts us to the problematic situation in this district. Already on Monday, two 12-year-old girls on their way to school had also been hit on this same road as it crossed on a pedestrian crossing.
This morning’s accident is one too many for the residents of the neighborhood who are demanding immediate action. “We often feel like we are putting our children’s lives in danger. Are the roads a war zone perhaps? “, they enrage before questioning themselves:” Are we supposed to keep our children at home? »