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19-Year-Old Detained After Vogelwaarde Crash Kills Five

6/12/2026

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Police detained a 19-year-old suspect for the crash that killed five people near Vogelwaarde, Netherlands.
The car hit cyclists, killing three children and an adult; a fourth child died later.
The victims were 14 elementary-school children and two chaperones from Axel on a camping trip.
Four injured children were taken to hospitals in the Netherlands and Belgium, while one died in Rotterdam.

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Story summary

Police detained a 19-year-old suspect for the crash that killed five people near Vogelwaarde, Netherlands.
The car hit cyclists, killing three children and an adult; a fourth child died later.
The victims were 14 elementary-school children and two chaperones from Axel on a camping trip.
Four injured children were taken to hospitals in the Netherlands and Belgium, while one died in Rotterdam.