A 9-year-old boy has died after he was run over by a police car in Antwerp. The police car was on its way to a call-out. The accident will now be investigated by the police monitoring body Comité P.
The accident happened at around 9:45am on Wednesday morning close to a school on the Provinciestraat.
The police say that the police car was on its way to callout and had its flashing light and siren on when the accident happened. A vehicle from the Railway Police was also on its way to the callout. Paramedics tried to resuscitate the boy, but their attempts were in vain and he died at the scene.
Kato Belmans of the Antwerp prosecutor’s office told VRT News that "The patrol car was on its way to an urgent callout. The young victim was crossing the road with his bicycle at the zebra crossing and was hit by the police car. Attempts were made to resuscitate him, but unfortunately these were unsuccessful".