Dutch Authorities Call Queen's Day Car Crash Deliberate
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Dutch Authorities Call Queen's Day Car Crash Deliberate
Sirop14 Fri May 01, 2009 8:59 am
Dutch Authorities Call Queen's Day Car Crash Deliberate
The dead toll from the car crashing into a parade with Dutch Queen Beatrix and the royal family has risen to four.
The accident took place Thursday in the town of Apeldoorn during celebrations for Queen's Day, an annual holiday in the Netherlands. No royals were hurt.
The black Suzuki crashed into a monument, narrowly missing an open bus carrying the royals.
The BBC is citing Apeldoorn mayor Fred de Graaf, who said at a news conference that four people had been killed in the incident and 13 injured - five of them seriously.
Dutch officials now say the driver, who was seriously hurt, appeared to have acted deliberately, but ruled out terrorism as a motive after a search of the car and the perpetrator's home.
The identity of the man has not been revealed, but officials said he is a Dutch national aged 38.
Cynthia Boll, a photographer at the scene, told the BBC the car was already badly damaged before it slammed into the crowds at high speed.
Witnesses report that the streets of Apeldoorn are now empty.
In a statement from the royal family, the Queen gave her condolences to the victims of the crash.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=103263
The dead toll from the car crashing into a parade with Dutch Queen Beatrix and the royal family has risen to four.
The accident took place Thursday in the town of Apeldoorn during celebrations for Queen's Day, an annual holiday in the Netherlands. No royals were hurt.
The black Suzuki crashed into a monument, narrowly missing an open bus carrying the royals.
The BBC is citing Apeldoorn mayor Fred de Graaf, who said at a news conference that four people had been killed in the incident and 13 injured - five of them seriously.
Dutch officials now say the driver, who was seriously hurt, appeared to have acted deliberately, but ruled out terrorism as a motive after a search of the car and the perpetrator's home.
The identity of the man has not been revealed, but officials said he is a Dutch national aged 38.
Cynthia Boll, a photographer at the scene, told the BBC the car was already badly damaged before it slammed into the crowds at high speed.
Witnesses report that the streets of Apeldoorn are now empty.
In a statement from the royal family, the Queen gave her condolences to the victims of the crash.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=103263
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Re: Dutch Authorities Call Queen's Day Car Crash Deliberate
Sirop14 Fri May 01, 2009 9:01 am
Queen Beatrix cancels march-past after accident
Amsterdam - A serious road accident which left at least 14 injured Thursday overshadowed a public appearance of The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix. A black car broke through barriers, injured bystanders and crashed in to a monument in the city of Apeldoorn not far from where members of the royal family were celebrating Queen's Day.
Beatrix cancelled a ceremonial march-past which had been scheduled in memory of her mother the former Queen Juliana who died in 2004 to mark what would have been her 100th birthday.
Beatrix and her family including Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Maxima were in an open-top bus not far from the scene of the accident.
The royal family was horrified by the accident, the mayor of Apeldoorn said. The queen was especially upset because people were injured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rdpk6y7_lc
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/features/article_1474322.php/In_photos_Car_Attack_in_Netherlands
Amsterdam - A serious road accident which left at least 14 injured Thursday overshadowed a public appearance of The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix. A black car broke through barriers, injured bystanders and crashed in to a monument in the city of Apeldoorn not far from where members of the royal family were celebrating Queen's Day.
Beatrix cancelled a ceremonial march-past which had been scheduled in memory of her mother the former Queen Juliana who died in 2004 to mark what would have been her 100th birthday.
Beatrix and her family including Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Maxima were in an open-top bus not far from the scene of the accident.
The royal family was horrified by the accident, the mayor of Apeldoorn said. The queen was especially upset because people were injured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rdpk6y7_lc
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/features/article_1474322.php/In_photos_Car_Attack_in_Netherlands
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