Overview
- A car left a provincial road and struck a supervised group of 14 primary pupils and two chaperones near Vogelwaarde on Thursday, killing three children and one adult.
- Police have detained a 19-year-old suspect who remains in custody while investigators work to determine his exact role in the collision.
- Four children were seriously injured and taken to hospitals in the Netherlands and Belgium, and one of the injured children died later in a Rotterdam hospital.
- Local and national leaders have offered condolences and De Warande Elementary School has arranged meetings and support for pupils, families and staff.
- The crash is highly unusual in the Netherlands where cycling is common, and forensic, witness and technical inquiries are expected to focus on how the vehicle left the road and struck the group.