Breda driver arrested for assaulting truck driver after crash

Police arrested a 44-year-old man at his home in Breda on Saturday morning. He is suspected of assaulting and threatening a truck driver after a crash on the Westerhagelaan, and of then leaving the scene.

According to police, the car driver apparently tried to overtake the truck at a spot where there was no room to do so. His car left the road, went through the verge, rolled over and damaged a post.

Police say that after the crash the driver allegedly threatened and assaulted the truck driver. He then left the scene.

Officers found him at his home in Breda a short time later and arrested him. He had been hurt in the crash, so after the arrest an ambulance took him to hospital.

Besides assault and threats, the man is suspected of leaving the scene of an accident and of refusing a breath test.

The account of the crash and what followed comes from the police. The man is a suspect: the allegations of assault, threats, leaving the scene and refusing a breath test have not been tested in court. The crash happened on the Westerhagelaan, a road in Breda, the city in North Brabant where the man lives and where officers found him.