Accident with speed pedelec in Wuustwezel: man (50) ends up in a canal and dies (Wuustwezel)

A fatal accident involving a speed pedelec occurred on Monday morning on the Kalmthoutsesteenweg in Wuustwezel. A 50-year-old man is said to have crashed his bicycle into a tree and then ended up in the canal. The man in his fifties did not survive the blow.

“It was around 6.30 am that passers-by noticed a bicycle on the side of the Kalmthoutsesteenweg in Wuustwezel,” says Patrick De Smedt, spokesperson for the Grens police zone. “Once they stopped, they saw a man lying in the canal. The passers-by immediately called the emergency services, but all help came too late. The victim was already deceased.”

The cyclist, a 50-year-old man from Wuustwezel, rode his speed pedelec towards Achterbroek (Kalmthout). “The Kalmthoutsesteenweg has a bicycle lane and no separate bicycle path. The man crashed into a tree near Kievitstraat on the right of the track. The cyclist ended up in the canal next to the road,” says De Smedt.

There are currently no signs that other road users were involved in the incident. The police suspect that it was a one-vehicle accident, “but that is of course still being investigated,” the spokesperson said.

The Kalmthoutsesteenweg is closed for observations. A traffic expert arrives on site.