Overview
- A12 near De Schaars saw three lanes shut for hours after a truck tore through the guardrail, causing kilometers of queues and diversions, with Rijkswaterstaat warning of extended repairs.
- Fresh congestion Thursday stacked up on multiple routes: a two‑truck crash on the A1 near Stroe left vehicles stuck pending heavy recovery, and the A50 at Bankhoef partially closed with jams of about 10 kilometers and up to 70 minutes delay.
- Fire crews contained a brake fire on an A50 tank truck carrying toluyleendiisocyanaat, prompting temporary lane closures while the hazardous load was secured.
- Police say the driver who rammed patrol cars and two motorcycle officers during a pursuit on the A2 at knooppunt Batadorp remains at large; one officer is still hospitalized with multiple fractures as the recovered stolen Ford Fiesta is examined.
- A 55‑year‑old assaulted at De Nacht van Brabant Live remains in a coma as police renew witness appeals, while separate probes led to five arrests in an Apeldoorn camera‑shop burglary and a drugs seizure after a scooter stop in Groningen.