2023-07-10 06:23:00
Around 11:30 p.m. Saturday evening in Strombeek-Bever, a municipality attached to Grimbergen, was the scene of a little chaos. A car was driving out of control, hitting at least five other vehicles parked in its path, traffic signs and several urban features. “He covered a trajectory of a few hundred meters,” said mayor Bart Laeremans to our colleagues from the VRT.
“Suddenly, I heard a huge noise. With my daughter and her friend, we went out,” said a resident of the neighborhood at the microphone of the VRT. “We saw about 50 people in the street and there was debris everywhere. My car was hit in the left side and on the rear view mirror. My daughter’s car, which was parked behind mine, was also hit” . Fortunately, no one was injured in the driver’s mad dash.
He thought of doing a chase with the police: it was an ambulance transporting a patient in cardiac arrest
The driver of the BMW explained “that he was looking for his mobile phone, which fell at his feet”… He took a blood alcohol test, which turned out to be negative. His driving license was temporarily withdrawn for 15 days. His car is also badly damaged.
The exact circumstances of the incident are yet to be determined. “Too fast or simply extremely irresponsible driving seems the most plausible”, advances the mayor.
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