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One dead, 3 injured as van hits pedestrians near Dutch music festival
THE HAGUE, June 18, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A van slammed into pedestrians near a
campsite at a major music festival in the Netherlands on Monday, killing one
person and seriously injuring three others, police said.
The driver fled following the incident at about 4:00 am (0200 GMT) by the
Pinkpop Festival in the southern town of Landgraaf, near the German border.
“The van involved is still being sought,” police said on Twitter.
Police have cordoned off the section of the road while an investigation is
under way.
With Pearl Jam, the Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars headlining, the 49th
edition of the Pinkpop festival has drawn around 67,000 fans a day since it
opened on Friday, according to the director, Jan Smeets, quoted by the Dutch
news agency ANP.
BSS/AFP/MR/1230 hrs