Monster truck crashes into crowd, killing two in the Netherlands
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Two people were killed and 18 injured, six seriously, when a giant pick-up truck span out of control during a stunt show in the Dutch town of Haaksbergen on Sunday, local authorities said.
Earlier, local media had quoted the town's mayor as saying that three people had died, including two children. The authorities gave no details of who had died.
The accident happened when the driver of a giant, 1,500 horsepower truck with tractor-sized wheels failed to brake after driving across a row of parked cars during a stunt and instead ploughed into a group of onlookers.
"A so-called monster truck drove into a crowd of spectators. A terrible accident with two dead victims, 18 wounded (including) six severely wounded," town authorities said on their website haaksbergen.nl.
The driver was arrested, local police said in a tweet.
An amateur video of the accident posted on Facebook showed the truck revving hard and then riding ove
Two people were killed and 18 injured, six seriously, when a giant pick-up truck span out of control during a stunt show in the Dutch town of Haaksbergen on Sunday, local authorities said.
Earlier, local media had quoted the town's mayor as saying that three people had died, including two children. The authorities gave no details of who had died.
The accident happened when the driver of a giant, 1,500 horsepower truck with tractor-sized wheels failed to brake after driving across a row of parked cars during a stunt and instead ploughed into a group of onlookers.
"A so-called monster truck drove into a crowd of spectators. A terrible accident with two dead victims, 18 wounded (including) six severely wounded," town authorities said on their website haaksbergen.nl.
The driver was arrested, local police said in a tweet.
An amateur video of the accident posted on Facebook showed the truck revving hard and then riding ove