Europe 1 with AFP 1:33 p.m., August 28, 2022
A "crazy truck" violently hit a dozen people who were dining outside near Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
The police initially ruled out the terrorist trail.
The driver of the truck, registered in Spain, was arrested and then taken into custody.
He was not alcoholic.
Six people were killed and seven injured when a truck drove into a group of people dining outside near Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Saturday evening, according to a new report from Dutch police on Sunday.
"We now have six people killed and seven injured, one seriously, after yesterday's accident," police spokeswoman Mirjam Boers told AFP.
"We are still investigating to find out what exactly happened," she added.
The police initially ruled out the terrorist trail.
A first assessment of the accident which occurred on Saturday evening in Zuidzijdsedijk, about 30 kilometers south of Rotterdam, reported at least two dead and several injured.
The truck belonged to a company based in Spain
Police say the tow truck swerved off the road and rammed into a group of people attending a barbecue hosted by a local skating group.
The driver of the truck, registered in Spain, was not injured.
He was arrested and taken into custody.
Photographs taken after the crash identified the truck as belonging to Spain-based company El Mosca.
Mirjam Boers confirmed that the driver "was not under the influence of alcohol".
The police have appealed for witnesses to help in their investigation.