Two people have been killed and several injured after a lorry drove off a Dutch dike and crashed into a neighbourhood barbecue in a village on Saturday. Police are now trying to determine why the lorry left the road in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland just south of Rotterdam and careered down the side of a dike.
They said in a statement that the driver, a 46-year-old man from Spain, was arrested as part of the investigation and taken to a police station. A police statement said: "For the time being, we are keeping all scenarios about the facts open."
Photos of the scene showed bunting hanging between trees and chairs scattered around trestle tables. Police worked into the night around the truck before a crane and a tow truck hauled it back onto the road.
Mayor Charlie Aptroot visited the scene on Saturday. "My condolences go out to the victims, their families, eyewitnesses and first responders," he said in a statement.
He added that he had spoken to many of the people at the scene and expressed "appreciation for the way in which people are there for each other".
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