Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Yellow Vest
A high-visibility vest, symbol of the Yellow Vests protests photo: Magnus Mertens / Otto Schraubinger / Wikimedia Commons
Crime
yellow vests
hit-and-run
truck driver
Belgium
Liege
Visé
E25
Richard Wagemans
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 14:30
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Trucker released in 'yellow vest' hit-and-run

A Landgraaf truck driver suspected of killing a "yellow vest" protester in a hit-and-run in Belgium on Friday, was released from custody. He is still a suspect, the Public Prosecutor in Liege said. The trucker is officially suspected of deliberately inflicting bodily harm without the intention of killing, NOS reports.

The man turned himself in to the Belgian police on Tuesday. He was released again later the day, after being questioned. About a dozen yellow vest protesters gathered outside the police station in Liege. According to local media, they wanted to make it clear to the man that they would not forget him.

Richard Wagemans, the lawyer representing the trucker, called the presence of the protesters at the police station "threatening". According to Wagemans, the trucker is getting security in the Netherlands, at the request of the Belgian authorities. 

The Dutch man is suspected of hitting a 50-year-old protester with his truck during a yellow vests highway blockade on the E25 between Vise and Maastricht on Friday. The protester died at the scene. According to the lawyer, this was purely an accident. The trucker did not even notice he hit someone. 

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Three elementary schools temporarily close after coronavirus outbreaks
  • Youngest Ruinerwold kids say they don't regret secluded life
  • NL spending millions on wasted lab capacity for Covid tests: report
  • Video: Netherlands' Eurovision selection'Birth of a New Age'
  • Tax Authority's fraud witch hunt started 15 years ago: report
  • Weekend to be chilly, with periods of sunshine

Top Stories

  • Dutch gov't has millions of rapid Covid tests in storage: report
  • Fewer deaths than expected for first time in six months; vaccination possible cause
  • Amsterdam man convicted in sex club slayings shot dead in front of daughter, 7
  • 4,161 new coronavirus infections brings average down 3 percent
  • Dutch politics fragmented: 15 parties have chance at parliamentary seat
  • MPs against nuclear power plant in Groningen

© 2012-2021 NLTimes.nl, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact