Car plows into spectators, monument during parade honoring Dutch queen

[NinjaPoodle]

updated 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

APELDOORN, Netherlands - A Dutch driver careened through police barriers and plowed into a crowd of merrymakers cheering their popular queen Thursday, in a premeditated assault on the royal family that killed five bystanders and injured 12 others, authorities said.

The speeding car, already dented apparently from catapulting bystanders into the air, passed within a few meters of the open-topped bus carrying Queen Beatrix and her family down a parade route, then smashed into a stone monument.

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[Thetagirl218]

I saw the video of this and it would have been pretty freaky if you were on the parade route!

[honeychile]

Wow - I was just reading last week where Queen Beatrix is probably the most beloved Monarch in Europe. That must have been a real nutjob.