Overview
- Police say the seriously injured A58 driver is the children’s father, and both youngsters, all under ten, were taken to hospital with severe injuries.
- The highway crash involved multiple vehicles; the suspected wrong-way driver was hospitalized and several others suffered minor injuries.
- Officers report many open questions, have appealed for information, and are examining toxicology results as they work to establish motive and sequence of events.
- A separate chase in Apeldoorn ended in a tree strike; a 26-year-old driver was arrested after an indicative drug test, a cartridge holder and small amount of drugs were seized, and his passenger was injured.
- Elsewhere, a multi-car collision on the A27 near Hoogblokland caused long closures before reopening with no serious injuries reported, and in Zuidveen a car hit a house and caught fire; three men were hospitalized as police probe suspected drink-driving and an invalid licence.