A 9-year-old child tragically lost his life after he was fatally hit by a police car on Wednesday morning in Antwerp.
A local Antwerp police patrol was speeding to a priority incident around 09:45 when it hit a child on his bicycle on a pedestrian crossing.
The boy was thrown onto the road, colliding with a railway police vehicle parked on the opposite side. This second police vehicle happened to be at the location by chance.
"The police officers administered first aid (to the child) themselves while waiting for emergency services," stated the prosecutor’s office. "Unfortunately, the boy died at the scene. Our thoughts are with the victim’s family."
The site of a traffic accident where a police car crashed into a child, in the Provinciestraat street in Antwerp on Wednesday 18 June 2025. Credit: Belga / Jonas Roosens
Victim support services have been offered to the child’s family, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
As is customary in these cases, the neighbouring Minos police zone conducted the initial investigations, given that the Antwerp zone was involved in the fatal collision.
The prosecutor’s office has appointed a traffic expert and requested an inquiry by the P Committee. "Surveillance camera footage will be analysed, and all involved parties and witnesses will be interviewed."
The police vehicle’s driver, a 25-year-old, tested negative for both alcohol and drug use.
The news come just weeks after an 11-year-old schoolboy, Fabian, died in a police chase as he rode his electric scooter through Parc Elisabeth in the Brussels municipality of Ganshoren on 2 June.
In May, a man on a moped was killed after being hit by a police car on Sunday night in the Marolles district of Brussels.
This story was updated at 16:20 on 18 June 2025.
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