TWO Irish women are in a serious condition after their family of eight were involved in a car crash in Beaumont-en-Auge in France.
The incident happened at 2pm on Wednesday, July 5 on the A13 motorway in the Caen-Paris direction, according to local news, Ouest France.
The accident, which took place at the Haie Tondue interchange in the commune of Beaumont-en-Auge, involved two vehicles.
The vehicles, an Audi and a C4, collided but the cause of the accident is not known.
The first car had a 33-year-old driver with his eight-year-old son, and both were injured.
The second car was an Irish family of eight.
A 22-year-old Irish woman was helicoptered to the CHU in Caen in an 'absolute emergency,' and another 18-year-old girl was also in a serious condition.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs have said they are standing by to provide consular assistance.
