Overview
- Officials said the deceased are a 20-year-old woman, a 21-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, and a 21-year-old woman was injured; all four are from The Hague.
- Prosecutors said an officer signaled the car to stop around 4:40 a.m. for conspicuous driving, the driver fled, lost control on Bezuidenhoutseweg, struck a tree and the vehicle caught fire.
- The Rijksrecherche is conducting an independent review of police involvement as forensic work continues with camera analysis and officer interviews, and the road has reopened after scene investigation.
- In Dongen, a woman was resuscitated and taken to hospital after a house fire on De Weide, and the damaged home has been declared uninhabitable as the cause is investigated.
- In Utrecht, firefighters rescued a disabled woman from a house fire with her condition not yet known, and police in Gelderland confirmed two fatalities in an Ermelo crash alongside several other nonfatal traffic incidents.