For unknown reasons, the car left the road around 9 p.m. In addition to the police and Rijkswaterstaat, a Rapid Responder (a small ambulance in which an ambulance nurse drives alone) also arrived on the scene. It is unknown what injuries the driver sustained in the crash. The left lane was closed due to the accident.
The place where the car swerved is a notorious one, where many similar accidents have happened in the past. Press photographer Stefan Verkerk from Wezep wrote a letter to Rijkswaterstaat in October 2017 to discuss these problems. Because there were no matrix signs with red crosses in the connecting arch, motorists often continued to drive in the closed lane after accidents, resulting in new accidents.
