Accident - Netherlands: wrong-way driver accident with three fatalities
Two children and a young man have been killed in a serious accident involving a wrong-way driver in the Netherlands. The parents of the children who were killed were seriously injured, according to the police.
According to the report, a 19-year-old man was driving his car in the wrong direction near Amersfoort late on Saturday evening and collided head-on with the oncoming car of the family from Hilversum. The family's two children, aged 12 and 14, died and the parents were seriously injured. Their condition is alarming, the police said. The 19-year-old wrong-way driver was seriously injured and taken to hospital, where he died shortly afterwards.
The accident occurred at the Hoevelaken interchange east of Amsterdam. Many emergency services were deployed and the A1 was closed in both directions for hours. It was initially unclear why the 19-year-old was driving in the wrong direction.
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Source: www.stern.de
