‘Four dead’ after car drives at high speed into carnival parade in Belgium

The small Belgium town of Strepy-Bracquegnies has been shut down by the emergency services (Picture: EPA)

Four people are feared dead and dozens are injured after a car drove at high speed into a carnival parade in Belgium.

More than 100 people gathered in the small town of Strepy-Bracquegnies, near Brussels, at dawn for the celebrations which had been abandoned for two years because of Covid.

‘A car drove from the back at high speed. And we have a few dozen injured and unfortunately several people who are killed,’ Mayor Jacques Gobert told RTBF radio.

Local reports suggest the crash may have been caused by a car that was being chased by police.

‘What should have been a great party turned into a tragedy,’ said Belgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden.

Local reports suggest police may have chased the car before the crash (Picture: EPA)

Dozens were injured in the shocking crash (Picture: EPA)

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