Three teenage boys have been seriously injured after a car that one of them was driving cashed on the carpark of the former Makro store in the Antwerp district of Deurne on Sunday. Eyewitnesses say that the boys, aged 13, 15 and 16 were joyriding. Antwerp police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident.
Kim Bastiaens of the Antwerp Local Police Service told VRT News that "At 2:15pm three minors got into a car and started driving around on the carpark of the former Makro store in Deurne”.
The boys hit a raised slab of concrete before crashing into a steel fence.
Ms Bastiaens told VRT News that "These are boys aged 13,15 and 16, all from the Antwerp area. One of them was taken to hospital in a critical condition. However, he is now off the critical list”. The car the boys were driving was very badly damaged in the crash.
The accident happed in a enclosed area that is not accessible to the public. The carpark is owned by the Beerens Group, a company that sells second-hand cars. It is not yet clear how the boys were able to access the carpark nor how they were able to get into the car and start the vehicle up.
The police say that all 3 boys sustained serious injuries in the accident and as a result cannot be questioned for the time being.