Today, Thursday, the Dutch media is reporting 2 dead and dozens injured after a car inexplicably plowed through police barriers erected to allow the passage of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife, Princess Maxima.
The royal family was on their way in an open-topped bus to Het Loo palace on the Queen’s Day national holiday when the car breached the barriers, sending people “flying through the air,” before crashing.
A man was removed from the vehicle and sent to the hospital. Authorities first inspected the crash for explosives, and after clearing it, they sawed the top off for further investigation.
The bus was not hit and none of its passengers were injured. Authorities will not confirm the exact death toll but place it at somewhere between 2 to 4 people. As of yet, they don’t know why the driver acted as he did.
The scene has caused Apeldoorn Mayor Fred de Graaf to cancel the rest of the festivities, saying, “The scare and the images that the family has seen are reason to break off the official program.”
Our condolences to the victims and their families.
[Image via AP Images.]
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