At least three people died this saturday in a truck accident transport of the Spanish company ‘El Mosca’ that crashed against a neighborhood barbecue in a town near Rotterdam, as confirmed by the police of that city.
The driver, a 46-year-old Spaniard, was uninjured after the accident and was arrested and transferred to a police station as part of the investigation, the Netherlands National Police said on its website. “At the moment they remain all scenarios open about the facts,” added the police, who specified that an investigation is being carried out to determine the causes of the accident.
An undetermined number of people were injured, according to the website. The affected were taken to hospital with wounds of different consideration and some are also receiving psychological help.
“We wish everyone involved in this terrible incident much encouragement,” police said. security forces they do not rule out that there are more victims deadly.
At around 11:30 p.m. local time, the truck was towed away.
The accident occurred at 18:00 local time in the town of Nieuw-Beijerland, where at the time the that the truck went off the road a neighborhood barbecue was being held at the foot of a dam in which many people participated.