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Driver dies after car enters ditch in Heelweg
A driver died in a crash in Heelweg on Monday evening.
The vehicle left the road and entered a ditch beside Hiddinkdijk, near Landstraat and Lindeboomweg.
Heelweg is in the Oude IJsselstreek municipality in the Netherlands.
Emergency services were called at around 9 p.m., and ambulance and fire crews responded.
Police confirmed the driver had died despite efforts to help.
The cause of the crash is not known; a local reporter said the driver may have become unwell behind the wheel.
The available information does not say what happens next.
A driver died after a car entered a ditch beside the Hiddinkdijk in Heelweg.
The crash was reported to emergency services at about 21:00 on Monday evening.
The single-vehicle crash happened near the Landstraat and Lindeboomweg in the Oude IJsselstreek.
The cause is unknown, though a reporter at the scene said the driver may have become unwell behind the wheel.
Ambulance and fire crews attended, and police confirmed the driver’s death.
- Who
- The driver died. Their identity is not stated.
- What
- A car entered a ditch in a single-vehicle crash.
- When
- Monday evening; emergency services were alerted at about 21:00.
- Where
- Hiddinkdijk in Heelweg, near the Landstraat and Lindeboomweg, in the Oude IJsselstreek.
- Why
- The cause is unknown. A reporter at the scene said the driver may have become unwell behind the wheel.
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Emergency services were alerted to the crash.
The car entered a ditch beside the Hiddinkdijk in Heelweg, and the driver died.
- Location
- Hiddinkdijk, Heelweg
- Nearby roads
- Landstraat and Lindeboomweg
- Emergency call
- About 21:00 on Monday
- Vehicles involved
- One car
- Cause
- Unknown