Rockmolder
15 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/30/netherlands.queen.car/index.html 

Dutch police charged a man with trying to attack the royal family Thursday after he crashed a car near a bus carrying Queen Beatrix and her family, police said.
A car is pictured after crashing into the crowd waiting for the visit of the royal family in Apeldoorn.

Four people were killed and 13 injured in the incident in the Dutch town of Apeldoorn, about 45 miles east of Amsterdam, police spokeswoman Esther Naber told CNN.

The driver is in hospital, badly injured, she said. It was not clear if he was one of the 13 injured.

The police are not releasing the name of the driver whose car careered toward a crowd of people who were watching the Dutch royal family riding past in an open-top bus.

The crash happened during celebrations for Queen's Day, an annual holiday in the Netherlands.

Queen Beatrix was in the bus with her family when the black hatchback zoomed past. The crowds were behind barriers off the road, but security officials and journalists, including many cameramen, were in the road as the car went by.

Members of the royal family saw the crash and gasped, then quickly sat down as the bus continued driving.

The car crashed into the low metal railing around a column on the side of the road. The car appeared heavily damaged even before the crash, but the reason for that was unclear.

Queen's Day is a national holiday in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba. The tradition started in 1885 and celebrates the birthday of the queen. Were you there? Send us your video, images

Although Queen Beatrix's birthday is January 31, she officially celebrates her birthday April 30.
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Queen's Day is known for its free market all over the country, where anybody is allowed to sell things in the streets. Other activities include children's games and musical performances.

The day is marked with the color orange all over the country as a reference to the colors of the royal family, who come from the House of Orange-Nassau.



How one man can ruin a national holiday. It's in the news constantly here, wacko drove right through a crowd on his way to the bus the royal family was riding around in. Only to hit a war memorial statue.

One of the big things about this festival is how close the public can come to the royal family. The crowd has actually kissed our queen and hopped on the back of the bike our prince was riding before. I doubt it'll stay that way.
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15 years ago
It is sad that this happened. So few always seem to ruin it for so many.
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Pack93z
15 years ago
Either people are looking for their 15 minutes, are truly pissed off about something, or are just not right in the head. Or a combination of all the above..

Heard the death toll is at 5.. is that current?
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zombieslayer
15 years ago
The death toll is up to 5 now.

Yeah, it will be sad that she'll no longer be in public like she was. Stupid crazy guy.
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Rockmolder
15 years ago

Either people are looking for their 15 minutes, are truly pissed off about something, or are just not right in the head. Or a combination of all the above..

Heard the death toll is at 5.. is that current?

"pack93z" wrote:



That's the last number I heared. There are still some serious wounded aswell. It's getting really late here though, so I don't think we'll get that much updates here atm.
Cheesey
15 years ago

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/30/netherlands.queen.car/index.html

Dutch police charged a man with trying to attack the royal family Thursday after he crashed a car near a bus carrying Queen Beatrix and her family, police said.
A car is pictured after crashing into the crowd waiting for the visit of the royal family in Apeldoorn.

Four people were killed and 13 injured in the incident in the Dutch town of Apeldoorn, about 45 miles east of Amsterdam, police spokeswoman Esther Naber told CNN.

The driver is in hospital, badly injured, she said. It was not clear if he was one of the 13 injured.

The police are not releasing the name of the driver whose car careered toward a crowd of people who were watching the Dutch royal family riding past in an open-top bus.

The crash happened during celebrations for Queen's Day, an annual holiday in the Netherlands.

Queen Beatrix was in the bus with her family when the black hatchback zoomed past. The crowds were behind barriers off the road, but security officials and journalists, including many cameramen, were in the road as the car went by.

Members of the royal family saw the crash and gasped, then quickly sat down as the bus continued driving.

The car crashed into the low metal railing around a column on the side of the road. The car appeared heavily damaged even before the crash, but the reason for that was unclear.

Queen's Day is a national holiday in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba. The tradition started in 1885 and celebrates the birthday of the queen. Were you there? Send us your video, images

Although Queen Beatrix's birthday is January 31, she officially celebrates her birthday April 30.
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Queen's Day is known for its free market all over the country, where anybody is allowed to sell things in the streets. Other activities include children's games and musical performances.

The day is marked with the color orange all over the country as a reference to the colors of the royal family, who come from the House of Orange-Nassau.

"Rockmolder" wrote:



How one man can ruin a national holiday. It's in the news constantly here, wacko drove right through a crowd on his way to the bus the royal family was riding around in. Only to hit a war memorial statue.

One of the big things about this festival is how close the public can come to the royal family. The crowd has actually kissed our queen and hopped on the back of the bike our prince was riding before. I doubt it'll stay that way.


It was the same way here before President Kennedy was assassinated. We had alot closer contact with our leader.
In the world today, there are just too many "nut jobs" out there for leaders to be that easy to get to.
It's a shame that it's becoming that way in your country now.
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dfosterf
15 years ago
I thought it was some sort of race car that went out of control.

The story I read didn't elaborate, but I was under the impression that the car was part of the parade/procession.

Living here in the states, it is difficult to get any news about the Netherlands. Hell, if we had a cat in a well in bumbf--k Arkansas, that would bump the Dutch Queen almost getting wiped out story-wise, with the proviso that the cat is an American cat.
Rockmolder
15 years ago

I thought it was some sort of race car that went out of control.

The story I read didn't elaborate, but I was under the impression that the car was part of the parade/procession.

Living here in the states, it is difficult to get any news about the Netherlands. Hell, if we had a cat in a well in bumbf--k Arkansas, that would bump the Dutch Queen almost getting wiped out story-wise, with the proviso that the cat is an American cat.

"dfosterf" wrote:



Well, we are quite small and have about the same amount population as NY, NY.

Also, I can imagine that you don't have that much in common with a monarchy. I myself wouldn't care for it either if there wasn't so much tradition and history behind it (Maybe ZS knows about this).

Anyway, thanks for posting here guys, you're all great people.
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