Over a dozen people have been injured in a shocking monster truck crash that left several people dead in the Netherlands on Sunday (September 28).
The city of Haaksbergen is grieving after the accident, where a monster truck equipped with tractor-sized wheels went off course. In a video of the incident, the truck can be seen knocking down a safety rail and driving into the crowd, following a stunt where the driver leaps over the top of a row of cars. A faulty accelerator pedal or brake failure are allegedly the cause of the incident.
There is video of the incident available via The Hollywood Reporter, but it the video shows the whole event. If you’re not comfortable with that, go ahead and skip.
Local police have been unable to confirm the number dead and/or injured, but conflicting reports have confirmed that at least one child and one adult are dead, with potentially a third (either adult or child) also deceased.
Reports from The Hollywood Reporter and The Guardian put the number of injured anywhere between 15 and 18, with 6 of those injuries reportedly serious.
According to a press conference held by mayor Hans Gerritsen on Dutch national broadcaster NOS, two children and one adult were killed — a number lated revised to say one child and two adults, before that number being changed, again, to one child and one adult.
As of publication, the exact number of dead was still unknown.
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