Dutch passenger kicked out of car struck and killed in highway crash
2 months, 1 week ago

Dutch passenger kicked out of car struck and killed in highway crash

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A 19-year-old man from Almelo, the Netherlands, was killed early Sunday morning in a fatal accident on the A30 highway near Schüttorf, just over the border from the Netherlands. The teenager was struck by a vehicle after stepping out of a stationary car and walking across the highway. According to German police reports, the incident occurred at approximately 2:38 a.m. when a 32-year-old man and his 19-year-old Dutch passenger were traveling on the A30 highway toward the Netherlands. For reasons that remain unclear, the vehicle came to a stop on the shoulder of the highway, and the 19-year-old passenger exited the car.

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Elderly woman killed in collision with police vehicle in Winterswijk
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Elderly woman killed in collision with police vehicle in Winterswijk

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An elderly woman was killed Monday morning when a police vehicle struck her mobility scooter on the N319 near the German border, authorities said. However, they later issued a correction on X, formerly Twitter, clarifying that the investigation would instead be conducted by the North Netherlands police unit. “The investigation is being carried out by a different unit because the …

Elderly couple hit by delivery van while walking in Capelle aan den IJssel; Both died
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Elderly couple hit by delivery van while walking in Capelle aan den IJssel; Both died

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A delivery van hit an 81-year-old woman and 80-year-old man walking in Capelle aan den IJssel on Wednesday evening. According to the Rotterdam police, the elderly couple was walking on Ketsendijk when they got hit by the car. The couple was from Capelle aan den IJssel. The police are still investigating how the accident happened and it is not yet …

Dutch driver had become unwell behind the wheel before causing fatal crash in Düsseldorf
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dutch driver had become unwell behind the wheel before causing fatal crash in Düsseldorf

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The Dutch driver of the car that caused a fatal accident in Düsseldorf last Saturday had become unwell behind the wheel. The German police confirmed suspicions on Wednesday that the accident happened because of an “internal medical emergency.” This is the reason that there will be no criminal investigation into the incident. An accident at a traffic square in Dusseldorf …

Third Dutch victim dies following Düsseldorf car crash
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2 months ago

Third Dutch victim dies following Düsseldorf car crash

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A third victim of the high-speed crash involving a Dutch car in Düsseldorf has died, according to German police. The crash, which occurred Saturday morning in the Golzheim district, has now claimed the lives of three Dutch nationals and left multiple others injured. The driver, a 60-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 53-year-old male passenger also …

Dutch man killed, five injured in high-speed crash in Düsseldorf
2 months ago

Dutch man killed, five injured in high-speed crash in Düsseldorf

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A 60-year-old Dutch man died in a high-speed car crash in Düsseldorf on Saturday morning, according to German police. Five others, including three Dutch passengers and two bystanders, were injured in the incident. Another Dutch passenger also suffered serious injuries and is receiving medical care. Police are investigating the incident, which occurred near Nordfriedhof cemetery, several kilometers from Düsseldorf Airport.

Deadly Wrong-Way Drive Crash: Suspect Faces 10 Years in Prison
5 months ago

Deadly Wrong-Way Drive Crash: Suspect Faces 10 Years in Prison

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21-year-old Piet van O. from Drunen has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting and causing a fatal accident in Roosendaal. The suspect was planning on stealing weed or a car with the threat of violence that night along with two others. Two shots were fired, with one of these coming in a bicycle tunnel. Van O. allegedly …

Court convicts driver in reckless Boxing Day car crash that killed entire family
11 months, 1 week ago

Court convicts driver in reckless Boxing Day car crash that killed entire family

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A 30-year-old man from The Hague was convicted of causing a deadly traffic crash that killed a family of three on Boxing Day in 2022. Suraj A. was sentenced on Tuesday to eight years in prison for the fatal Rotterdam collision. Investigators said A. was driving far too fast, blowing through a red light at between 134 and 170 kilometers …

Two pedestrians die in hit-and-run accident on Rotterdam bridge
1 year, 6 months ago

Two pedestrians die in hit-and-run accident on Rotterdam bridge

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Two pedestrians died in an accident in Rotterdam on Saturday evening. The accident occurred on the Boerengatbrug on Maasboulevard near Rotterdam Blaak station, the police reported. De politie is op zoek naar de bestuurder van een auto die na een verkeersongeval bij de #boerengatbrug is doorgereden. Twee voetgangers zijn hierbij overleden: https://t.co/Yj9AMwDkD4 — Politie Eenheid Rotterdam eo September 2, 2023 …

Dutch police need witnesses to fatal hit-and-run in German border town
4 years, 2 months ago

Dutch police need witnesses to fatal hit-and-run in German border town

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An 18-year-old pedestrian died as a result of a hit-and-run near in the German village of Millen, near the Dutch border, early on New Year's Day. The young adult succumbed to his injuries after getting hit by a red car at around 4.40 a.m. on the K1 Bundesstrasse near Robert-Bosch-Strasse. Police said the person then proceeded to drive away/ The …

Attempted manslaughter charges in crash with Amsterdam squad car
4 years, 6 months ago

Attempted manslaughter charges in crash with Amsterdam squad car

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The driver accused of using a business van to smash into a police car last week on Muntplein in Amsterdam was being held on suspicion of two counts of attempted manslaughter. He was remanded into custody on Monday for an initial pre-trial detention of 14 days while the investigation into his case continues, according to broadcaster NOS. Police said he …

Three killed, one hurt in Thursday accident on Dutch highway
5 years, 5 months ago

Three killed, one hurt in Thursday accident on Dutch highway

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Three people were killed in an accident on the A2 highway between Bruekelen and Vinkeveen on Thursday afternoon. The accident and subsequent investigation and cleanup resulted in the A2 highway being closed until 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, according to NU.nl. Hulpdiensten zijn massaal aanwezig op de A2 bij #Breukelen vanwege een heftig ongeluk met twee personenauto's. pic.twitter.com/cglFL0f1XW — Ryan Poll …

Seven killed in weekend accidents; two kids in critical condition
5 years, 8 months ago

Seven killed in weekend accidents; two kids in critical condition

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Traffic accidents throughout the Netherlands cost the lives of seven people over the weekend. Two children, both age 7, are in critical condition after being thrown from a car during an accident on the A50 near Ravenstein on Sunday evening. An accident possibly involving a wrong-way driver, left a woman dead and multiple injured on the A16 near Maasvlakte in …

Four seriously hurt in traffic accident in Eindhoven
5 years, 11 months ago

Four seriously hurt in traffic accident in Eindhoven

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A serious accident in Eindhoven on Thursday evening left nine people injured, four of whom seriously. All victims were taken to hospital, RTL Nieuws reports The accident happened at around 6:00 p.m. An eyewitness saw that one car ended up on the wrong side of a road and crashed into a small white truck, according to the broadcaster. On Easter …

Man steps out of car wreck, only to be hit by truck on Dutch highway
6 years, 4 months ago

Man steps out of car wreck, only to be hit by truck on Dutch highway

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A man died on the A50 highway near Wolfheze during the early hours of Monday morning. The man survived a car crash, only to be hit by a truck after he got out of the wreck, he Telegraaf reports. "Everything points to suicide", a police spokesperson said to the newspaper. "A number of people were witnesses", the police spokesperson said …

Couple killed in accident on Dutch highway; suspect intoxicated
6 years, 5 months ago

Couple killed in accident on Dutch highway; suspect intoxicated

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A couple from Houten was killed in a serious accident on the A44 near Nieuw-Vennep on Saturday. At the scene the police found four cars that were involved in the accident. The occupants of one car, a 66-year-old man from Houten and his 62-year-old wife, were resuscitated at the scene, but they succumbed to their injuries. The suspect hit first …

Three teenagers killed in car accident; 20-year-old arrested
6 years, 6 months ago

Three teenagers killed in car accident; 20-year-old arrested

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Three teenage boys were killed when the car they were in hit a streetlight on Sportlaan in the Noord-Holland town of Anna Paulowna during the early hours of Saturday morning. Bystanders, and later first responders, tried to resuscitate the three boys, but it was to no avail. A local resident, who was woken by the accident, told Noordhollands Dagblad that …

Motorbike accidents in Germany: 1 Dutch killed, 4 hurt
6 years, 7 months ago

Motorbike accidents in Germany: 1 Dutch killed, 4 hurt

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Five Dutch motorcyclists were injured in traffic accidents in Germany over the past days. The 43-year-old Dutch man was driving on the L707 east of Cologne, between Herscheid and Meinerzhagen, on Sunday when he ended up on the wrong side of the road and collided with an oncoming van. The mayors of Herscheid and Meinerzhagen sounded the alarm about the …

Car crash kills Dutch tourist in last hour of El Salvador holiday
6 years, 7 months ago

Car crash kills Dutch tourist in last hour of El Salvador holiday

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Gerben Eskes from Zutphen was killed in a traffic accident in El Salvador during the early hours of Thursday morning. The 28-year-old man and his 25-year-old girlfriend Anouk Mijnheer were in a taxi on their way to the airport to return home when they were hit by a car driving on the wrong side of the road, their families confirmed …

Dutch man, 19, killed in accident on Malta
6 years, 8 months ago

Dutch man, 19, killed in accident on Malta

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Tim Scholten, 19 from Noord-Brabant, passed away over the weekend after being hit by a car early on Friday morning. At around 4:50 a.m. on Friday a motorist lost control of his car and drove onto the pavement on Sliema boulevard, where Tim was walking with three Dutch friends, two Brits and two Croatians. The other three Dutch and the …

Accidents on Dutch roads; seven killed over weekend
6 years, 9 months ago

Accidents on Dutch roads; seven killed over weekend

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Seven people were killed in five traffic accidents throughout the Netherlands over the weekend. A 49-year-old man from Dordrecht and a 27-year-old man from Lithuania were killed in an accident on the A16 near Breda around 3:45 a.m. on Sunday. A 16-year-old boy from Oosterhout died at the scene and a 37-year-old man from Etten-Leur passed away in hospital on …

Car crashes into Brabant home, elderly resident killed
7 years, 6 months ago

Car crashes into Brabant home, elderly resident killed

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A car crashed into a home in the Noord-Brabant village of Luyksgestel on Sunday morning, crashing through the wall exactly where resident, 75-year-old Harrie van der Heijden, was sleeping at the time. A cousin of the victim told newspaper AD that this was the third time a car crashed into Van der Heijden's home, located on a bend on Boscheind …

Dutch men survive deadly bus accident in Spain
9 years ago

Dutch men survive deadly bus accident in Spain

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Update 11:25 a.m.: According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there were three Dutch on the bus, not two. Dutch students Joost Opstelten and Kees Schouten survived a fatal bus crash in Spain on Sunday morning unharmed. I'm going to sleep now", was the message 23 year old Dennis sent to his parents, his father told the Gelderlander. The same …

One killed, seven hurt after family rear-ended at high speed
9 years, 2 months ago

One killed, seven hurt after family rear-ended at high speed

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Update, 2 p.m., 30 December 2015: The A2 was reopened. A serious accident on the A2 between Amsterdam and Utrecht left one person dead and seven others injured, according to the police.The highway near Maarssen is closed off while the emergency services work. According to the police, a car crashed into the back of another car at high speed. "The …

Group of pedestrians struck by car; 1 killed, several hurt
9 years, 10 months ago

Group of pedestrians struck by car; 1 killed, several hurt

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A motorist hit a group of pedestrians in Hoornsterzwaag, Friesland on Wednesday night. One person was killed, one seriously injured and three people slightly injured. The 20 year old driver of the car has been arrested, NU reports. The road was closed to traffic and several emergency services were present, including a trauma helicopter.

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