In Nijeveen, a police pursuit was finished tonight in a collision against a tree, after which the car ended up in a ditch. In addition, the driver of the pursued car was injured. The driver, a 51-year-old man from the municipality of Westerveld, has been arrested.
The accident happened just after 4 a.m. on the Nijeveense Bovenboer. The chase began on the A32 near Nijeveen when the driver ignored a stop sign of agents. The police announced that. Then the driver ran away, after which the police started the pursuit. During the chase, the driver in Nijeveen lost control of the steering wheel, on which the car bumped into a tree and came to a halt in the ditch.
Due to the accident, the emergency services pulled out en masse, including several police units, ambulances, the fire brigade and a trauma helicopter. The victim was transferred to the hospital with unknown injury. The man was released again after his arrest.
The Nijeveense Bovenboer was temporarily closed for traffic for assistance and investigations into the incident. The damaged vehicle has been removed by a recovery company.