Overview

• A 23-year-old cyclist from Barendrecht died after being struck on the Noldijk; police arrested a 60-year-old driver from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht who was reported to be under the influence of alcohol.
• Two Polish men, 37 and 38, were seriously injured in a stabbing in a house on Kanaalstraat in Son as a 34-year-old Spanish suspect was arrested and taken for medical examination, with motive and details still unclear.
• In Den Bosch, a 22-year-old driver was detained after driving into people at a Kooikersweg tank station, injuring two men, as police say intent cannot yet be excluded and report a possible firearm threat during the suspect’s flight.
• Traffic enforcement included a driver clocked at 212 km/h on the A2 near Nieuwegein whose licence was confiscated, while Utrecht taxi checks with ILT led to a 72-hour work suspension for a non-cooperative driver and a citation for a suspended chauffeur card.
• Fire crews extinguished a boat fire in Maassluis and separate blazes that burned three small boats in De Lier without injuries, while a man died after a house fire in Utrecht’s Overvecht as the cause remains under investigation and police seek information.