Van crashes into fans at Dutch music festival

A van ran into a small group of pop music fans near a popular festival in the Netherlands, killing one person and injuring three others before fleeing the scene early yesterday.

A suspect turned himself in to police hours later.

Police in the province of Limburg said the suspect in the pre-dawn crash near the grounds of the Pinkpop festival was charged with manslaughter and attempted manslaughter. The festival had ended late on Sunday with a performance by Bruno Mars.

It was still unclear whether there was a motive behind the crash, which happened near a camp site, or whether it was a hit-andrun accident.

Police said the suspect was a local resident who drove the white van from the crash 120 miles north to Amsterdam, from where he called police to give himself up. The person who was killed and the three injured also were local residents.

Police said the survivors were hospitalised in very serious condition yesterday.