Woman killed in storm an “enormous loss,” says her hockey team
The Lochemse Hockey Club and other locals in the Gelderland city are shocked by the death of 19-year-old Annemarijn Fett during storm Conall on Wednesday. The hockey club, to which the young woman belonged, will open its doors on Thursday evening for people to come together and pay tribute to Annemijn, calling her death an “enormous loss.”
The young woman was cycling on Koopsdijk, near the hockey club, at around 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday when a tree blew over and fell right on top of her. Emergency services tried hard to resuscitate her, but it was to no avail. She died at the scene.
“We are deeply saddened by the news that Annemarijn Fett died in a fatal accident. It affects us deeply and we have no words for this enormous loss,” the club said in a statement posted on its website on Wednesday night. “Our thoughts go out, in particular, to her family and everyone who loves her.”
A spokesperson for the club told RTL Nieuws that they posted the message with permission from Ammerijn’s family.
Local residents and passersby are just as shocked. “She was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Bert Lindeboom told the Telegraaf shortly after cycling past the accident site. “I’ve cycled 30 kilometers today and haven’t come across another tree that has fallen over. The fact that one fell over here and she ended up right under it is just terrible bad luck. What a tragedy.”
Frank Broeder agrees. “Normally there is a tree on the [nearby mountain bike trail] after a storm,” he told the newspaper. “Every year there are a few trees. But not one now. It is really sad that apparently one tree did fall and that the victim ended up under it.” He cannot remember anyone ending up under a tree in Lochem before.
