Deadly accident kills one, leaves several injured on Dutch motorway

One person was killed and several others were injured in a violent accident at around 6 PM yesterday, June 23.

The accident involved a passenger car and a truck, the latter driving through the median strip of the A15 motorway near Rotterdam. Tragically, the truck driver died, and his vehicle was found destroyed, toppled over on the roadside.

The other drivers were seriously injured and taken to the hospital after the deadly accident, a spokesman from the police explains. At the moment, it is uncertain how these people are doing.

As a result of the accident, the parallel road from Ridderkerk to Europoort has been closed for the time being. According to RTL Nieuws, emergency services have also been called out en masse to the location to deal with the accident. 

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Julia de Oliveira Moritz
Julia de Oliveira Moritz
Júlia was born in Brazil, but she’s been away for more than half her life. At five years old, she moved to Nigeria, and at 14, she came to the Netherlands. She came for her education and stayed for… something. She’s not sure if that something is the vibrant springtime or the live music bars. All she knows is that this is her new home, at least for now.

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