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Thursday, 17 October 2024 - 10:20
Child on bike killed in collision with truck in Maassluis
A child on a bicycle died in a collision with a truck in Maassluis on Thursday morning, the Rotterdam police said on X, wishing the boy’s relatives “a lot of strength.”
The accident happened on Doctor Jan Socutenlaan at around 8:00 a.m. Emergency services tried to resuscitate the boy, but it was to no avail. He died at the scene.
How the accident happened is unclear. Correspondents told Rijnmond that the truck driver was devastated.
The police closed the road for investigation.
This is the second fatal accident in the Netherlands involving a truck this week. On Monday, a garbage truck hit a tourist in Amsterdam. The 69-year-old woman from the United States died at the scene.