Overview
- Authorities said a 20-year-old woman, a 21-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man from The Hague died, and a 21-year-old woman from The Hague was hospitalized.
- The car failed to stop for police checking ‘conspicuous driving,’ lost control on Bezuidenhoutseweg, hit a tree, flipped and caught fire, with one occupant pulled from the vehicle.
- The Openbaar Ministerie reported ongoing forensic work, camera reviews and interviews with involved officers, with the Rijksrecherche notified because the deaths followed a brief pursuit.
- The crash scene has reopened to traffic as mourners lay flowers at the site and the mayor expressed condolences to the victims’ families.
- In separate incidents, a woman was resuscitated and hospitalized after a house fire in Dongen that left the home uninhabitable, a disabled woman was rescued from a Utrecht house fire with injuries unknown, two people died in a car crash in Ermelo, and a Harderwijk water search ended with no person found.