Overview
- The Openbaar Ministerie identified the deceased as a 20-year-old woman, a 21-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, and said the injured survivor is a 21-year-old woman.
- Police say they tried to stop the car around 4:40 a.m. for “striking driving,” after which a brief chase ended on Bezuidenhoutseweg when the vehicle hit a tree and caught fire.
- The Rijksrecherche and OM are conducting forensic examinations, reviewing camera footage and interviewing the officers involved.
- In an unrelated incident in Steenbergen, a 21-year-old woman from Dinteloord died in a crash involving a Bravo bus and a car, with police still determining how the collision occurred.
- Regional updates noted a 68-year-old arrested on suspicion of arson in Groningen, a machete seized from a 15-year-old in Paddepoel, and an ambulance towed from mud at Rotterdam’s Hofplein.