In a statement released on Tuesday morning the popular television presenter Tom Waes has admitted that he had been drinking prior to being involved in a serious road accident at the weekend. Tom Waes was rushed to hospital after the vintage Porsche car that he was driving crashed into a crash absorber unit that had been put in place to protect contractors that were carrying out work inside the Kennedy Tunnel in Antwerp.
In Tuesday’s statement Tom Waes said that him drinking and driving was “A big, incomprehensible mistake and I feel very bad about it. I wish to sincerely apologise to everyone. I am terribly sorry”.
On Friday night Tom Waes was involved in an accident near to the Kennedy Tunnel on the Antwerp Orbital Motorway. His vintage Porsch crashed into crash absorber unit that had been put in place as work was being carried out inside the tunnel.
The television presenter was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Up until now little was known about the circumstances surrounding the accident. On Monday it was announced that a blood sample had been taken from Tom Waes. However, no results have been released. Now Tom Waes admits drink driving.
In a statement the VRT says that it regrets that one of its most popular presenters drove under the influence of alcohol. The Flemish public broadcaster’s spokeswoman Yasmine Van der Borght said that "This is unacceptable. The people that appear on the screen in our programmes should be an example for the public at large. What we expect from Tom is that he takes responsibility for his actions and feel that it is important that he displays self-remorse”. In addition to this the VRT wishes Tom Waes “a speedy mental and physical recovery”.