Pregnant camper is run over by runaway mini tractor as she rests in her tent



A pregnant holidaymaker resting in her tent was accidentally run over by the campsite owner on his mini tractor.

The camper, 32, who is four months pregnant, was having an afternoon nap inside the tent when she was struck at the Newpark Holiday Park, at Port Eynon on the Gower Peninsula, South Wales.

The mother-of-two was airlifted to hospital with serious leg injuries - but her unborn baby was unharmed in the freak accident.

Runaway: Campsite owner David Newland was using the John Deere Gator vehicle like this one to jump start his car when he lost control and struck the pregnant mother in Port Eynon on the Gower Peninsula, South Wales

Ambulance crews also had to treat campsite owner David Newland, 55, for a heart condition following the crash.



Mr Newland was using his campsite 4x4 utility buggy to jump start the family car when it suddenly took off.

His wife Lynda said: 'It was a freak accident. It just took off - my husband didn't know anyone was inside the tent.

' The lady is 17 weeks pregnant but thank goodness nothing is seriously wrong with her.

'Her husband was extremely calm under the circumstances. There was no shouting or screaming.



'Our main concern at the time was keeping her as calm as possible.



'The gods must have been looking down, but my husband is still in shock.'

Holidaymaker Tim Bishop, said: 'From what we gather the off-road vehicle went straight onto one of the tents.

' We don't know exactly what happened but everyone here is concerned for the people involved.'



The campsite buggy - a John Deere Gator - was being examined yesterday to discover what made it shoot out of control.

Terrible leg injures: The woman was hurt at Newpark Holiday Park in Port Eynon in the Gower Peninsula

Holiday destination: The pregnant mother was seriously injured by the runaway buggy at the campsite in the Gower Peninsular, south Wales

A spokesman for the Wales Air Ambulance Service said: 'A vehicle that was involved in jump-starting a car went over a tent with 32-year-old old pregnant female inside.

' She was airlifted to Morriston Hospital with a lower leg injury, and for observation due to pregnancy.



'The Air Ambulance crew also treated a male driver on the scene with a cardiac condition, but he was not airlifted.'

The pregnant woman was treated for leg injuries and shock at Morriston Hospital, Swansea.



The Newlands have been running the family camp site at the South Wales beauty spot for the past ten years.

