Observant Dutch cyclist avoids serious injury

[Rob S]

BBC reporting....

At least two people were killed when a car crashed into the crowd at a parade involving Queen Beatrix and the Dutch royal family, reports say.

Dutch police told the BBC it appeared to have been a deliberate attack. No members of the royal family were hurt.

Unconfirmed reports said the black Suzuki injured 14 people. It crashed into a monument, narrowly missing an open bus carrying the royals.

The parade was being held in Apeldoorn, about 90km (56 miles) from Amsterdam.

Police have not confirmed the number of casualties or commented on the reason for the incident.

Dutch TV reports said at least two people had been killed and 14 others injured.

The video catches the car crashing in to the monument but look how close the (presumably) police cyclist comes to getting hit. The front of the car looks damaged prior to impact...hopefully the dead were in the car

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8026807.stm

 

[Bman]

OMG how lucky was he!?

It alsomst looks unreal!

 

[Haitch]

My in-laws live just up the road from there.

On a sadder note, at least two people were killed in the incident and several others are seriously injured.

 

[magnatom]

Yes I've just seen that. Very close. Unfortunately some people have been injured and killed. Sad.

 

[Black Sheep]

Whoever was in that car clearly wasn't thinking
little suzuki swift vs coach, it'd have scraped the paint off the bus, nothing else.

hope the injured recover soon.

 

[Zorro]

Crikey,

What a miss, it looks as if some rubber was shaved off his rear tyre it was that close!

 

[Rob S]

Understandably they have expanded the article and more footage has been found...the original view in the then 28 second Dutch commentated clip starts at about 47 seconds....you can now see people lying on the ground by the road junction

 

[Arch]

Bizzarre, and dreadful...

 

[Will1985]

0:56 shows exactly how close that police cyclist was

 

[Craz]

How on earth was he going to harm the royal family driving that little thing???

 

[Headgardener]

It would seem that the Policeman's bike was hit in the area of the back wheel because in a later shot he can be seen trying to turn the wheel.