Sidy Schärlig from Oss was one of the first to be involved in the accident in which three children were seriously injured last night. A car containing two men collided with a car containing a family with three children. “I saw that mother walking around crying and screaming. She saw her children lying there on the floor. That image is burned into my retina.” One of the three injured children died on Monday, the police said on Monday at the end of the afternoon.
Schärlig lives at the intersection Megensebaan with the Singel 1940-1945 where the accident happened. He was enjoying Christmas dinner with his family when he heard a loud bang. “I ran over and saw a big cloud of smoke coming out of one car.”
“I asked if they needed help.”
Two boys ran away from the car, one of them limping. I asked if they needed help, but they said they were fine. Then I walked on and saw the other car. Two seriously injured children lay on the road, motionless. They were resuscitated. A little boy sat on the sidewalk. Staring blankly ahead.”
One of the three injured children died of his injuries on Monday, the police announced on Monday afternoon. This is a 14 year old boy.
The emergency services were quick to respond, according to Sidy. He’s still reeling from what he’s seen. “I hardly slept last night. I still see those children lying there. There was almost no life left in it. It was really intense. And I immediately knew that someone must have run a red light. .”
“Yesterday morning there was also an accident in the same place.”
According to Sidy, things often go wrong at this intersection. “Yesterday morning there was also an accident. Exactly the same place. But fortunately no one was injured. It is a life-threatening intersection. Here on the Megensebaan the traffic lights turn orange very quickly and on the other side very quickly green. time in between is just way too short. And cars just drive way too fast, 110, 120 and then they think: if I have orange light then I’m not going to stop, I’ll just keep driving with all the consequences that entails.”
“I really hope that those children will recover completely. And that the municipality will now really do something about those traffic lights. And for all I care, the entire Megensebaan is full of cameras. Because this is really dangerous. You can see that again now.”
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