At least 3 killed as truck hits crowd in Netherlands

THE HAGUE -- At least three people were killed on Saturday after a truck drove off a dike and plowed into a barbecue party in the southern Dutch town of Nieuw Beijerland, according to local media reports.

Several victims who were injured have been sent to the hospital and there are a lot of emergency worker present at the scene of the accident which happened at the bottom of a small dike.

"The investigation is in full swing. At the time of the collision, there was a neighborhood barbecue where many people were present," said a police statement.

The truck appears to be from the Spanish company "El Mosca," and the driver has been arrested, according to the reports.