Sad Queen’s Day
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Before I start this story you should know that I’m not very fond of Queen’s Day. Somehow a mass of -mostly drunk- people dressed in orange doesn’t attract me at all 
So these last few years we usually go for a nice walk, which is also a great excuse to take pictures.
I started the day behind my computer, to read up on SLR camera’s 
. But at the beginning of the afternoon my hubby noticed on Twitter that there had been a car accident in Apeldoorn. It didn’t sound that alarming, until we saw the actual images on the news.
The crowd was lined up 4 rows deep to see the royal family passing by in a tour car. Suddenly people flew through the air after a car swerved across police railings. Not much later the car crashed into a stone monument. You can see the videos on Youtube, they’re a bit shocking though: video 1 and video 2.
Judging by the distance and speed of the car, the driver intended to ram the tour car carrying Queen Beatrix. Also the driver of the Suzuki told the police men who arrived first at scene that this wasn’t an accident.
By now we know a bit more about the man. He’s 38 years old and had lived in Apeldoorn previously. According to neighbours he was friendly but pretty much to himself. Also we learned from his landlord, that he planned on leaving his appartement tomorrow (in fact it was already rented to someone else). I hope they’ll find more clues. Because frankly I don’t think he’ll live to tell his reasons, since he’s badly injured.
Sadly 5 people have died so far and 12 are injured 
. I wonder what this day will look like in the future…
very sad =(
thats so scary why did he do that it’s a bit confusing since its in dutch
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Idd, I live in Belgium and we hear all the news from the Netherlands(is next to our country).
I’m not sure if they are going to celebrate this day(Queen’s Day) anymore because it’s turned out in a day you couldn’t even imagine…
My family and I sat infront of our TV when we saw what happened. I kinda love Queen’s Day and planned on going to Amsterdam, but later decided to stay home. I think nobody expected someone would be crazy enough to drive his car through the fences (dranghekken ?), into the crowd and wanting to hit the bus of the Royal Family
It’s so crazy and sad. You could tell Queen Beatrix was shocked as well. Even though this year Queen’s Day turned out to be a very black day, I hope we can celebrate Queens Day next year and also think of the people who didn’t survive the terrible accident.
That’s horrid, absolutely horrid. We didn’t hear a word about it in America. I hope that Queen Beatrix is alright and that Queen’s Day can still be celebrated.