Cyclist dies under tractor wheels in Beitem

Around 10 a.m. a tractor, loaded with chopped maize, passed an elderly man on an electric bicycle in the narrow Koekuitstraat in the direction of Beitem. The tractor had already passed the cyclist when he fell hard and ended up under the wheels of the trailer.

For the elderly cyclist, all help comes too late, he dies on the spot. An expert from the public prosecutor’s office of West Flanders is on site for further investigation.

This year a lot of people lost their lives on the roads in West Flanders. It’s a pitch black year.