Police in the West Flemish town of Diksmuide have arrested 4 people after the driver of the vehicle they were travelling in ran amok damaging several vehicles and also almost running over a pregnant woman and her daughter. The driver tested positive for drugs.
The incident began at around 3.30pm on Sunday on the carpark of the Carrefour supermarket in on the Stationstraat in Diksmuide. Witnesses report seeing a white car with 4 people aboard collide with another vehicle. The driver of the car sped off colliding with at least 3 more vehicles in the process.
25-year-old Madison Geneyn, who is pregnant, was walking with her 3-year-old daughter Maybelle. They were almost mowed down by the car.
"The vehicle sped towards us, but at the very last minute thankfully the driver slammed on the brakes. Those inside the car laughed at us and then sped off with tyres screeching. We were stiff with fear and completely in shock”.
After a chase the police were able to intercept the vehicle. Inside were 2 men and 2 women. The car was being driven by a 30-year-old man from Ostend (West Flanders). A second man aged 33, who is from Diksmuide and 2 women aged 27 and 29 from Bredene and Knoke-Heist (both West Flanders were also aboard the vehicle. An criminal investigation is now under way.
Cocaine
The driver of the van was found to be under the influence of drugs. During a search of the vehicle the police found a white powder, probably cocaine. Madison Geneyn told VRT News that she walked past the vehicle after it had been intercepted and saw that “there was cocaine everywhere in the caqr”.
"One of the women was dressed in a rabbit onesie she was shaking, and her eyes were rolling. The other woman was crying and kept repeating that she needed to go to her ‘clients'. They all looked completely out of it. The driver tried to escape on foot and shouted that he would kill everyone. He was banging on windows and doors and was eventually apprehended in a garden”.