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Six Hurt in A28 Crash Near Amersfoort as Driebergen Coffeeshop Is Shut for Three Weeks After Blast

Police later corrected their no-injury statement on the A28 collision, underscoring ongoing investigations across the region.

Overview

  • Police say three vehicles collided around 18:00 on the A28 near Amersfoort, sending six people to hospital and causing major delays while the scene was cleared.
  • None of the A28 patients were transported under emergency priority, and officers are investigating the cause after initially reporting no injuries.
  • Following a new overnight explosion on the Traaij in Driebergen-Rijsenburg—the third in a short period—Mayor Frits Naafs ordered coffeeshop Flamingo closed for three weeks and urged witnesses to come forward.
  • A man was left seriously injured in a multiple-stabbing near Rotterdam’s Spaanse Polder around 07:00, and police detained three suspects found in a nearby van.
  • In Almere, a driver was rushed to hospital after hitting a bridge pillar on the Hogering (N702) with a trauma helicopter deployed, and in Rotterdam-Feijenoord a parking-garage car fire destroyed one vehicle and damaged others with the cause under investigation.