THE HAGUE, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Six people have died after a truck drove off a dike and plowed into a barbecue party, in the southern Dutch town of Nieuw Beijerland, police said yesterday.
The accident occurred on Saturday evening, around 6.00 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), when the truck drove off the Zuidzijdsedijk and crashed into the neighbourhood barbecue party, going on at the bottom of the dike.
Seven victims are currently in hospital, one of them in critical condition, according to a police statement.
The driver, a 46-year-old man from Spain, has been arrested. The man hadn’t been drinking, said the statement, adding that, an investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.– NNN-AGENCIES
