with videoA man who was probably sleeping in a paper container in Arnhem died on Tuesday morning after the garbage truck emptied the container in question. The victim ended up in the car.
The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries on Tuesday morning, but did not survive the fatal accident in the Klingelbeek district of Arnhem. The police say they do not suspect foul play.
In addition to the police and fire brigade, an air ambulance was also called after the accident. The Corn Field is a dead end street and was completely closed off. There were several trucks waiting in front of the barrier tape, including Coolblue delivery personnel.
The police detective investigated. We talked to the staff of the PreZero garbage company, who came to empty the container. A PreZero employee was also present to assist investigators with the investigation by operating the garbage truck. Detectives took further photos and examined the part of the car where the paper is emptied. The on-site investigation was completed just before 11:30 am.
A spokesperson for the waste company could not share much about the accident on Tuesday morning. “Fortunately, we rarely experience these types of accidents.”
An awful foreboding
Tonnie van den Herik, who as ‘mother of the homeless’ shelters people on Sunday afternoons in ‘De Banaan’, reacts in dismay and upset. She has a bad feeling about one of her visitors, she hopes she is completely wrong. It’s about a confused man who talks to himself. “He was there again on Sunday, I just let him sit there quietly.”
When sleeping in a container, Tonnie thinks more about ‘a confused person’ than about the many other homeless people she knows. “Nobody normally sleeps in a container, they look for other places.” The only example she knows from the past is the confused wanderer Putman, a well-known figure in the city center of Arnhem, a few decades ago. “He lay in a container and lit a fire because he was cold.” With fatal consequences.
Van den Herik bursts into tears during the conversation: “It shouldn’t be possible for confused people to walk out like that, right? You have to include them to protect them, right?”
Unfortunately, we cannot show this social post, live blog or otherwise because it contains one or more social media elements. Accept the social media cookies to still show this content.
Free unlimited access to Showbytes? Which can!
Log in or create an account and never miss anything from the stars.
Yes, I want free unlimited access
Tags: Horrible accident container sleeper dies garbage truck Domestic
