A59

A court has upheld a lengthy prison sentence for a driver who hit and killed four members of the same family on the A59 motorway near Raamsdonksveer. Local news outlet BN DeStem reports the ruling confirms the original conviction, drawing attention in the region to the case and to road safety on that stretch of motorway.

Dutch regional broadcaster Omroep Brabant reports that the sixteen-year prison sentence for a man who drove down and killed a family on the A59 remains in place. The case, tracked on sites cataloguing crime locations, continues to draw attention in the southern Netherlands, where the fatal collision remains a sensitive local topic.