GENEVA (AFP) – Five children and a woman were injured when a car accidentally rammed into people gathered for a target shooting festival in Switzerland, police said.
A woman frantically looking for help for an injured child drove into the square in Menieres, in the western Swiss canton of Fribourg, on Sunday where a shooting festival was taking place.
The car slammed into a group of people, injuring a woman and five children, Fribourg police said.
Several ambulances transported the injured to surrounding hospitals after the accident, which happened shortly before 3.30pm.
“Initial information indicates that the driver entered the festival square transporting a child who had been injured during a private activity,” the police said.
“For a reason to be determined by an investigation, she accidentally hit and injured people on the square before coming to a halt.”
The driver, who was not injured, was taken to a police station for questioning.
