Six dead after car drives at high speed into carnival parade in Belgium

The small Belgium city of Strepy-Bracquegnies has been shut down by the emergency providers after the surprising incident (Image: EPA)

Six individuals have been killed and dozens are critically injured after a automotive drove at excessive pace right into a carnival parade in Belgium.

A crowd of greater than 100 revellers gathered at daybreak for the celebrations within the small city of Strepy-Bracquegnies, close to Brussels.

‘A automotive drove from the again at excessive pace. We now have a number of dozen injured and sadly a number of persons are lifeless,’ the city’s mayor Jacques Gobert stated.

Native reviews counsel the automotive was being pursued by police earlier than ploughing into the parade.

The motive force was reportedly arrested after trying to proceed alongside the highway following the collision.

At the very least ten individuals injured within the incident are stated to be in a life-threatening situation.

Native reviews counsel police might have chased the automotive earlier than the crash (Image: EPA)

Dozens have been injured within the surprising crash (Image: EPA)

The celebrations had been eagerly awaited by the neighborhood who have been imagined to be having fun with their first carnival for the reason that pandemic started.

‘What ought to have been a terrific occasion was a tragedy,’ Belgian Inside Minister Annelies Verlinden stated.