Three children, two adults hurt in Zuid-Holland car wreck
A total of five people were injured, including three children, in an early morning traffic accident near Aarlanderveen on Saturday. A delivery van and a passenger car collided in the northbound lanes of the N207 at about 6:30 a.m. in the village, which is part of Alphen aan den Rijn.
"Five people were examined and transported to hospital," police said in a statement. Records show the first dispatch from emergency services came at 6:33 a.m., with paramedics sent to the scene in several ambulances, along with police, and firefighters.
The accident led to the closure of a stretch of the N207 in both directions. According to the Province of Zuid-Holland, the road was shut between the N231 and the Zegerbaan roundabout.
"Police are investigating the cause of the accident." Traffic investigators were still at the scene several hours later.
