Football association RKDVC Drunen canceled all matches on Sunday after receiving the message that two of its members died in an accident on Saturday night. Two boys aged 19 and 20 died after they were hit on the Midden-Brabantweg near Loon op Zand. The boys played together in the friends team RKDVC15. “This has a strong impact”, says an excited chairman Hans Brokx.
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Sunday morning ten o’clock he received a phone call confirming that it concerns two boys from the team of friends. “We are the largest association of Drunen, so we feared that it would concern members of the club. This hit me hard, it gave me goosebumps.”
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“We have talked to each other, cried and everything that comes to emotions. It still has to sink in.”
The club immediately enters control mode and contacts the KNVB. All club matches are cancelled, flags are flown at half mast. This Sunday afternoon they are organizing a meeting for all players of the friends team and their parents.
“I just came from there. We talked to each other, cried and everything that comes to emotions. It still has to sink in.”
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“We think it’s important that the boys can share their grief with each other.”
The club provides support to members in many ways. They can come together in rooms of the club. Victim support and the confidential counselor of RKDVC are available if they need it.
“We think it’s important that the boys can share their grief with each other, that they continue to talk to each other and to their parents. Because everything is about everyone, this has a strong impact on everyone.” The board of the club also wants to open a condolence register on the website.
The collision happened around 12:30 am on Saturday night, near a bus station. The two boys were on their way to Tilburg and got off at the stop in Loon op Zand. There the boys crossed the road, after which they were hit by a 23-year-old motorist from Tilburg. The police are investigating the cause of the accident.
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