Dutch queen escapes as driver crashes into crowd, killing four

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    A car travelling at high speed ploughed into a crowd waiting for Queen Beatrix of Holland, reportedly killing up to four people.

    Witnesses said that the black Suzuki Swift appeared to deliberately target an open bus carrying Queen Beatrix and her family in the town of Apeldoorn during festivities to mark Queen's Day, a national holiday.

    Video: Dutch Queen Escapes Ambush - 4 Dead
     
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    ncz_nate Well-Known Member

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    This is a good reason for us to have car control.
     
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    From what I saw on the news I don't believe this was a deliberate act, the driver ended up driving into a statue after careering across the road. It looks to me like the driver has had a heart attack or similar. If it was deliberate the driver would have ended up in the crowd.
     
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    There have been rumors that driver is brain dead, and accidentally drive car into crowd.
     
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    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    Yeah, the images from this today are just utterly gruesome. Absolutely terrible! Its pretty obvious this was indeed intentional. The man is not brain dead and is very much alive.

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


    "The story
    Five people were killed Thursday after a man tried to attack the Dutch royal family during a Queen's Day celebration by crashing his car near the royal family's bus, Dutch police said.

    Authorities are not releasing the name of the man, but said they have charged him with with trying to attack the royal family."
     
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