The Netherlands: Six dead in Netherlands as truck crashes into community barbecue

Ae least six people were killed and seven more wounded in the Netherlands when a truck drove off a dike and slammed into a community barbecue. 

It happened on Saturday evening in the village of Nieuw-Beijerlanda south of Rotterdam, when police say a large truck left a small rural road and careered down the bank of the dike, and ploughed into the village gathering. 

The exact cause of the crash is now under investigation, but police spokesperson Mirjam Boers said the truck driver was a 46-year-old Spanish man, and that he was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. 

“For the time being, we are keeping all scenarios about the facts open,” the police said in a statement.

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