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A mother whose baby died when a van mounted the pavement and crashed into his pram said the child was five years in the making in a heartfelt post.
Rachael Thorold, 36, was pushing her son Louis in his pram along a pavement beside the A10 in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, last Friday when a Mazda 2 collided with a Renault Master van, which then hit Ms Thorold and her son s pram.
Just weeks ago Mrs Thorold, a council local plan manager, shared a picture of her son as a newborn. Alongside the Instagram post she wrote: Five years in the making .
Ms Thorold remains in a critical but stable condition at Addenbrooke s Hospital in Cambridge, police said today.
First pic of joyful baby boy killed in horror van crash as dad pays touching tribute
Tragic five-month-old Louis Thorold was killed when a van mounted a pavement and struck his pram in Cambridgeshire on Friday leaving his mother Rachael Thorold in hospital
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Rachael Thorold with son Louis (Image: SWNS.com)
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Rachael Thorold, 36, holds her five-month-old baby son Louis Thorold hours before a van struck his pram (Family/PA)
A baby boy with a “joyful smile” was killed when a van mounted a pavement and struck his pram.
Five-month-old Louis Thorold died following the collision on the A10 in Waterbeach on Friday, Cambridgeshire Police said.
His 36-year-old mother Rachael Thorold, who was pushing the pram, is in hospital in a critical but stable condition, the force said.
Police have released a photo of Ms Thorold holding her smiling son, with the picture taken just hours before the collision.
Five-month-old baby in pram killed as van mounts pavement in Waterbeach
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image captionLouis Thorold, pictured with his mother Rachael hours before the crash
A five-month-old baby was killed after a van mounted the pavement and crashed into his pram.
Louis Thorold died after the van left the road, having collided with a car on the A10 in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire at about 15:30 GMT on Friday.
His mother Rachael Thorold, 36, who was pushing the pram, is in hospital.
Louis s father Chris Thorold said in tribute to his son: You were only with us for a short time, but you made us the happiest people in the world.