Willebroek Steven Heyvaert, a sixty-year old bus driver on the rest of Meise, this afternoon to life in a traffic accident. The man came in collision with a bus of transport company ” De Lijn. On the bus were fifteen commuters. The driver was taken care of by victim support.
The accident happened at the T-junction of the Heindonksesteenweg with the Stuyvenbergbaan in Heindonk (Willebroek). Shortly before 15 o’clock the cyclist from the direction of Mechelen ridden and he wanted to the direction of BLOSO domain Hazewinkel drive. This had to be the man the Stuyvenbergbaan crossing to make its way on the cycle path on the opposite side of the roadway to continue. When crossing the roadway, it went wrong. The cyclist and the bus drove against each other.
Steven reed allegedly together in a group with other cycling fans from Brussels. They were allegedly support each other and cycled after the initial findings together to the house. Local residents were startled by the sirens in the neighborhood. “When I takes off it went, I saw the emergency services involved but they could not do much more,” says a neighbor. Probably noticed either the cycle tourist or the driver, and the other too late. According to politiewoordvoerder Dirk Van de Sande was the public prosecutor informed. “That sent a verkeersdeskundige to the accident to investigate further,” said the politiewoordvoerder.
Known in Meise
Steven was a very well known man in Meise, where his brother, until recently, bat was as a surveyor. “He will be missed that is for sure,” says his niece, Lucille Roy, who himself teaches at the local Primary school Sint-Brixius-Rode. “We are a big family and we live almost all in Meise. He was also a bus driver at The Line and was just recently retired. That makes it a really stupid accident. A lot of information that I’ve not yet, I don’t know what exactly happened.” the
Fifteen commuters
On the bus from the train station in Mechelen came and the direction of Tree and reed, were fifteen commuters. None of them was injured. “They could get their itinerary will continue with another bus who immediately arrived on the scene”, Van de Sande further. “The bus driver was slachtofferbejegening.” The man was in shock. The Stuyvenbergbaan was during the findings of the verkeersdeskundige and the police force ended. There was a perimeter set. Only about 17.30 hours, the roadway re-released for the traffic. Cars, cyclists, and hikers had all the time a local redirection to follow.
Lights
In the neighborhood they live with the victim and his next of kin, all scare they are not of the accident. “It’s very dangerous. Especially if you the job wants to drive on to the coming of the Heindonksesteenweg direction Hazewinkel”, sounds the yet. “You have to lane crossing, and you can see as a cyclist is very little by all the parked cars on the right side of the track. On the other hand, dare to challenge the drivers of Hazewinkel come here very fast and careless driving.” She questions finally, there is no possibility to set of traffic lights at the crossroads.
