Youngest person to survive a car crash
- Who
- Milagros Rivero
- Where
- Argentina (Villa Osorio,)
- When
- 25 February 1999
On 25 Feb 1999 Virginia Rivero from Misiones, Argentina, went into labour at her home and walked to a nearby road in order to hitchhike to hospital. Offered a lift by two men, she then gave birth to a baby girl in the back seat of their car. When she told them she was about to have a second baby, the driver overtook the car in front, only to collide with a third vehicle. Virginia and her newborn daughter were ejected through the back door of the car, suffering minor injuries, but Virginia was able to stand up and flag down another car, which took them to the hospital. Once there, she gave birth to a baby boy.
The driver was drunk and later convicted for drink-driving. Her husband was absent since he had gone to fetch a neighbour's car. The baby girl was called Milagros.