Overview
- Police confirmed three holiday road deaths: an 85-year-old woman on the N421 near Odijk and an 87-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man in separate crashes in Drenthe.
- Rijkswaterstaat tackled ice from leaking tunnel joints with targeted closures and de‑icing, including the Firestorm unit on stretches such as the N31 near Harlingen, A12 Gouwe-aquaduct, N434 Corbulotunnel and A28 at Hoogeveen.
- A 17-year-old suspect was taken into custody after an explosion at the entrance of a Utrecht apartment complex, with his role under investigation.
- Grid operator Enexis said a large outage in the Westerkwartier affecting about 80 postcodes was resolved, while a burned electric shared scooter ignited damage to a Groningen shop.
- After a morning KNMI code yellow for ice and mist that was lifted by midday, emergency crews handled numerous fires and accidents, with Salvage assisting victims and the ANWB reporting elevated breakdown calls in the cold.