Serious Chain Collision Involving Four Vehicles Near Place de la Duchesse de Brabant, Molenbeek

2023-06-15 15:51:09

A serious chain collision involving four vehicles – two cars, a bicycle and a motorcycle – took place this Thursday followingnoon, around 1:20 p.m., near the Place de la Duchesse de Brabant, in Molenbeek.

The drivers of a Mercedes Viano van (Uber), an Urban Arrow electric cargo bike, a Volkswagen Tiguan suv and a BMW GS 1200 mega-trailer took turns colliding on the Ninove roadway (which has tram tracks at this location).

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It is not known at this stage in what order this serious accident occurred; the spokesperson for the Brussels West police not being at the time of writing these lines unable to tell us who hit who in the first place…

According to our information, the cyclist, who was wearing a protective helmet, was seriously injured; his electric cargo bike was run over by the Uber and the victim, who is a police officer, was thrown…

Still according to our information, it was the Volkswagen Tiguan SUV’s eCall on-board system that alerted the emergency services (112): two ambulances and two SMURs were sent to the scene.

A judicial exclusion perimeter has been set up and traffic has been diverted, while a traffic expert appointed by the Brussels public prosecutor’s office makes the usual findings.

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