Man faces community service for driving into King's Day partiers on Amsterdam canal

The images went around the world: a motorist drives at speed into a celebrating crowd during King's Day last year in Amsterdam.

Man faces community service for driving into King's Day partiers on Amsterdam canal

The Public Prosecution Service (OM) recommended 150 hours of community service and a 500 euro fine against a 22-year-old from Zaandam. The suspect is accused of driving his car into a group of people on King's Day in Amsterdam last year. Several people were injured during the incident in that happened on the crowded Prinsengracht, one of the main canals in the city center.

The man who drove into a group of people on the Prinsengracht last year during King's Day did so out of panic. This is what he stated today during the substantive hearing of his criminal case. Previously published camera images show Tarik E. driving through a group of partygoers, hitting and dragging a woman along. He claims he acted out of panic. At least one woman was injured in the collision. The Public Prosecution Service is demanding a comm…