112 blog: Truck driver flees after crash in Soest | Head-on collision in Amersfoort

A house on the Keerkring in Amersfoort remains closed by order of deputy mayor Micheline Paffen. Paffen found that after the explosion last month there was enough information to proceed to a three-week closure of the house. That period has now been extended by three weeks until September 8.

A truck rammed a lamppost this morning on the Torenlaan in Baarn towards Soest. The vehicle then grazed several trees. Halfway along the Stadhouderslaan in Soest, the truck came to a stop on the left side of the road. According to bystanders, this situation occurred at the end of the morning.

The truck was recovered around 2:00 p.m. According to a police spokesperson, a person who was sitting in the truck was arrested. It is unclear whether it is the driver. It is also unknown why the driver fled.

On the Euroweg in Amersfoort, two motorists collided head-on with their cars. One of the drivers had missed the bend.

One occupant was checked for possible injuries by ambulance personnel and was eventually taken to hospital by ambulance.

A construction container on Grauwaartsingel in Utrecht was on fire yesterday. The fire brigade had to come to extinguish the flames.

According to a local resident, it was not the first time that the container had caught fire, but the previous two times it was quickly extinguished by local residents. According to her, the container was placed there by the housing corporation, as a service, because there is still a lot of work going on in the new building.

The police arrested two possible scooter thieves in Eemnes last night. Just before 03:00 a report came in that a scooter had been stolen at the Willemserf. The license plate of the car where the scooter was loaded could be seen on camera images, which allowed the police to quickly track down the two suspects. The scooter was returned to its owner.

The fire brigade rescued a man from the water in Utrecht this evening. He had ended up in the water with his wheelchair at the Jagerskade. How this could have happened is not yet clear. In addition to the man, divers from the fire brigade also retrieved his wheelchair and artificial leg from the water. The man was taken to hospital with unknown injuries, a spokesperson for the Utrecht Safety Region reports.

Forest rangers from the municipality of Baarn freed two dogs from a car in Lage Vuursche this afternoon. The animals had been locked in the vehicle for hours in the sun. The owner of the car and the dogs have been reported, the forest rangers reported on Instagram. The condition of the dogs is unknown.

A fire is raging in a wok restaurant on the Meidoornkade in Houten. According to the Utrecht Safety Region (VRU), it is in the exhaust system and is producing a lot of smoke. The fire brigade responded with multiple units to fight the fire.

Just like last night, the roads around Utrecht are turning red again. Around 11:00 the ANWB reported multiple traffic jams, such as between Utrecht-Noord and Hagestein. There, traffic is barely moving. The traffic jam has now increased to 30 minutes. The traffic is caused by roadworks. The road surface of the A2 between the Oudenrijn junction and Vianen is being renewed and that is why the road is closed.

Yesterday, the mayor of Zeist closed a house in Brugakker. Earlier, large quantities of drugs were found in the house. The house will be closed for the next four weeks. “We cannot accept criminal activities in a residential area,” said mayor Langenacker.

A man wanted for allegedly harassing women in Utrecht has been arrested, the police announced. The man was arrested on Friday at 22:45 in the vicinity of Maastricht station. The Utrecht police are taking over the investigation.