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Yesterday, 21:20 • Reading time 4 minutes
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In this blog we will keep you informed on the most important and surprising news of 112 from the Rijnmond region on Wednesday 24th August.
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21:57 – Delay on the A15 due to accidents
Two accidents occurred on the A15. One towards Rotterdam: one person was slightly injured, another – the driver – was arrested. This is a one-vehicle accident in which the car overturned. An accident also occurred near the North Tunnel. Due to the two incidents, some lanes are closed, Rijkswaterstaat expects the lanes to be reopened soon.
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21:10 – Search the container company on Maasvlakte
Several containers were searched at a company on Europaweg on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. There are eight ambulances on site from 5:30 pm. Dozens of police and customs officers walked the premises. The employees involved work for the HARC team. This will be used to combat drug trafficking in the port of Rotterdam.
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People would be trapped in a shipping container. It is not known if they are in danger. According to bystanders, a dozen containers have been opened. The prosecutor and the police do not want to confirm this. They just want to say it’s an ongoing investigation.
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20:25 – 158 connections without electricity in Dordrecht-Sterrenburg
In the Dordrecht district of Sterrenburg, 158 connections are without electricity. According to grid operator Stedin, this is a series of faulty cables that need to be repaired. We had to wait for the right equipment, which is why the malfunction has not yet been fixed. Stedin thinks electricity will be restored ‘later in the evening’.
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6:52 pm – Police have to show up three times Tuesday night for fake guns
Rotterdam police were called three times Tuesday night due to reports of firearms. Eventually, three of them turned out to be “gel blasters”: toy guns that shoot gel balls. Police had to travel to Paap Dirckstraat twice, where a group of young people may have had a machine gun with them. As one of them refused to show his hands, a warning shot was fired. On the Rosener Manzstraat, the young people were held at gunpoint because they were seen with a firearm.
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Police warn that it could have ended very differently: they cannot see from a distance whether a weapon is real or fake.
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16:24 – Side car on the A15 towards Europoort
– 14:59 – Four children taken to the hospital after the collision between two cars
Two cars collided on the Roer in Rotterdam-Zevenkamp. Four young children were involved, according to police. They were all taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. The accident caused an oil trail and a significant traffic jam on the Capelsweg. The cars had to be towed.
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– 14:02 – Man rescued by a crane in Zwijndrecht
In Zwijndrecht, a man was rescued by a crane on Merwedeweg. The crane was in a burning shed while the man, the driver, was still inside. He was unable to get out of the vehicle by himself, so the firefighters freed him. Firefighters are working to put out the fire and the fire is under control. The fire broke out around an electrical box that controls the tap.
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– 13:24 – A16 still free after the accident; the file gets shorter quickly
Rijkswaterstaat reopened the A16 in Dordrecht (towards Rotterdam) after the accident this afternoon. The traffic congestion is also reduced quickly.
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13:07 – More than two hours late on the A16 after the accident
Due to an accident on the A16 (towards Rotterdam) near the Drechttunnel, there was a considerable delay. The delay is over two hours. Three lanes are closed. A police spokesman said two cars and a tanker were involved in the accident. There would be no injuries. It is unclear how long the recovery will take.
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12:11 – An underage boy kills a pigeon with an air rifle
06:30 – It is still unclear who was behind the wheel in the fatal accident with laughing gas
Police still don’t know who exactly was behind the wheel of the car that caused the fatal crash on the A29 near Klaaswaal last weekend. There were three men in the car. In Klaaswaal the car rolled off the slope and overturned. A man from Lekkerkerk, who was sitting in the back seat, did not survive.
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Laughing gas was found in the car. As it was not clear which of the other two occupants was driving, both men were arrested. Police say there must have been more witnesses. Now they are looking for people who saw the accident happen.
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06:10 – Rotterdam Central closed for hours due to suspicious package
Rotterdam Central Station was partially closed for hours on Tuesday evening after a suspicious package was found in a train. The train and several tracks were evacuated. As a precaution, the train was driven a short distance out of the station. The police explosives expert examined the package. He turned out to be harmless. The station was cleared to fully reopen around midnight.
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– 05:50 – Police shoot when arrested in downtown Rotterdam
On Tuesday evening, police fired a warning shot against an arrest on the Paap Dirckstraat in central Rotterdam. The control room was aware that someone was walking there with a firearm. When the agents approached the boys, they fled. A warning shot was then fired. One of the young men was arrested, but he did not have a firearm with him.
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