Three held for “deliberate” hit-and-run crash that killed one in Valkenburg
A 36-year-old man from Noordwijkerhout was found dead in a parking lot on Voorschoterweg in Valkenburg on Sunday evening. Investigators believe he was deliberately run over by a car. The police have arrested three suspects, two men and a woman, for involvement in the man’s death.
The police responded to the parking lot at around 8:00 p.m. on Sunday after receiving a report of a seriously injured man. First responders tried to resuscitate the victim, but it was too late to save his life.
“It quickly became clear that the man may have been deliberately run over,” the police said. They launched a large-scale investigation and arrested the three suspects in The Hague later that evening.
The suspects are two men aged 29 and 30 from Rotterdam and Hoorn, and a 29-year-old woman from Leiden. They are in restricted custody, which means that they can only have contact with their lawyers and the authorities have to be reluctant with the information they share.
The police are investigating the circumstances around this incident and are considering “multiple scenarios.” Multiple cars have been seized for examination. Investigators asked witnesses or anyone with relevant recordings from dashcams or security cameras to come forward.
