# Children among eight injured in crash on N209 near Hazerswoude-Dorp

> Two of the eight people taken to hospital on Thursday are seriously injured, and children are among the injured, the emergency services authority says.

Society · published 2026-11-05 13:14 · updated 2026-11-05 14:51 · https://nlnow.nl/a/eight-hospitalised-after-multi-car-crash-on-n209-near-hazerswoude-dorp/

Eight people were taken to hospital after a serious crash on the N209 provincial road near Hazerswoude-Dorp, South Holland, on Thursday. Two of them are seriously injured, according to Veiligheidsregio Hollands Midden, the emergency services authority. Children are among the injured.

The crash happened around 11.30. The fire brigade had to free several victims from the vehicles before handing them to ambulance staff. Emergency services were scaled up because of the number of injured, and a trauma helicopter landed at the scene.

The crash happened just outside Hazerswoude-Dorp, on the stretch towards Boskoop and Benthuizen. Several people were put on stretchers and taken to hospital, and some of the seriously injured went by ambulance under police escort.

The N209 was closed to all traffic between Hazerswoude-Dorp and the hamlet of Hogeveen. The closure was expected to last several hours. Once rescue work is finished, police will examine the scene to establish how the crash happened, and the damaged vehicles will be recovered.

Three or four vehicles were involved in the crash, with debris from the collision spread over tens of metres of the road and verge.

## Background

- **Veiligheidsregio Hollands Midden**: The Hollands Midden safety region is one of the regional safety authorities in the Netherlands, covering a group of municipalities in the western part of the country. It brings together the regional fire service, ambulance care and crisis management, and it coordinates the response to emergencies and disasters in its area. It is the body that usually issues official information about incidents such as serious traffic accidents, including the number of people injured.

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