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Trauma helicopter
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Several accidents have been reported on the A2 motorway in the Netherlands, including a serious collision near Maastricht Airport and a crash near Breukelen and Utrecht involving injuries. Near a truck crash, a trauma helicopter landed on the motorway after the truck had stopped on an on-ramp; multiple people were injured. Lanes near Utrecht have since been reopened.
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Emergency services across the Netherlands dealt with multiple incidents, drawing attention to ambulance and trauma helicopter deployments. Reports include injury crashes in Tiel, Dinteloord and Voorhout, a vehicle fire in Utrecht, and a resuscitation call in Amsterdam. In Rotterdam, a man driving without a licence and under the influence collided with an ambulance, while in the West region a man was rescued from water and taken to hospital.
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Emergency services were called out for a resuscitation on the Brigantijn in Brielle, the Netherlands, with an air ambulance trauma helicopter also dispatched to the scene. Details about the patient's condition have not been released. Residents in the area are following the incident, which prompted a visible large-scale emergency response in the town.