A Car Hits a School Cycling Group in the Netherlands, Killing 4 People, Including 3 Children
Police are investigating after four more children were seriously injured and victims were taken to hospitals in the Netherlands and Belgium.
- On Thursday, a car struck a group of cyclists on a school camping trip near Vogelwaarde, Netherlands, killing three people—two children and one adult, the Zeeland Security Region organization said.
- The victims were part of a group of 14 schoolchildren and two chaperones participating in a school summer camp outing when the collision occurred.
- Four additional children sustained serious injuries in the crash. Emergency responders transported the injured to hospitals across the Netherlands and nearby Belgium for urgent treatment.
- Police are investigating the cause on a provincial road 200 kilometers south of Amsterdam, where Dutch media documented a damaged car left in a nearby field.
- Such collisions are rare in the Netherlands, where cycling pervades daily life and dedicated bike lanes exist on nearly all roads, making this incident particularly unusual.
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Kristeligt DagbladFor unknown reasons, a car hit a group of 14 children and two adults who were on their way to a school trip.
Primary school children were riding bicycles to a school camp when a car crashed into them.
LA HAYA.- A car hit a group of cyclists who participated in a school camp, which caused the death of three children and an adult on Thursday in a rural area of southern Holland, according to the emergency services.The police indicated in a statement that they arrested a 19-year-old man and were investigating his involvement.He did not specify if he was the driver of the car.Two children and one adult died on the spot and four other children were…
A car hits a school cycling group in the Netherlands, killing 4 people, including 3 children
A car struck a group of cyclists who were on a school camping trip, killing three children and an adult on Thursday in the rural southern Netherlands, emergency services said.
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