Car rams into pedestrians at carnival in Belgium, several feared dead
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A car crashed at a high speed into several party goers in a small town in Southern Belgium on Sunday. According to reports, four people have been killed and over 24 injured.
A car slammed at high speed into carnival revelers early Sunday in a small town in southern Belgium, killing four people and seriously injuring about two dozen, the mayor reported.
A crowd of over 100 were gathered in Strépy-Bracquegnies, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Brussels, at dawn on Sunday for the start of celebrations of carnival which had been abandoned for two years because of COVID-19.
“A car drove from the back at high speed. And we have a few dozen injured and unfortunately several people who are killed,” Mayor Jacques Gobert told RTBF radio.
Media reports said the crash may have been caused by a car that was being chased by police.
“What should have been a great party turned into a tragedy,” said Belgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden.
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