How did his car end up in the canal around Soestdijk Palace? Luth still doesn’t know for several hours after the accident. “That car just slid through, into the Praamgracht. I didn’t drive too fast either. I think I just skidded and slid down the slope.” Once in the water, he decided to call 911. “I was aware that I was above water level, so I couldn’t drown, but when I called the emergency services, I just went to the back seat.” Officers who responded to the call eventually pulled him out of the water through the tailgate.
Harm Jan drove his wife’s car into the canal at Soestdijk Palace on her birthday
