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Trailer Detaches in Dumfries and Strikes Pram, Three Infants Hospitalized

Officers urge anyone with witness accounts or dashcam footage to contact 101 quoting reference 1870 of 13 October.

Overview

  • Police were called around 3:15 p.m. on October 13 to Pleasance Avenue in Dumfries after a collision involving a trailer and a pram on the pavement.
  • The trailer is believed to have become detached from a Mitsubishi Outlander before striking the pram.
  • Children aged eight months, 14 months and 18 months were taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary and then transferred to the Royal Children's Hospital in Glasgow for assessment.
  • The 18-year-old woman pushing the pram received treatment at hospital and was later discharged.
  • Pleasance Avenue remains closed as Police Scotland conducts enquiries and examines the scene.