Amsterdam, 28 August 2022 (dpa/MIA) — A total of six people were killed when a lorry crashed into a neighborhood party near the Dutch city of Rotterdam, police said on Sunday. Seven others were injured in the Saturday incident, police said. Initial reports had said at least three people died. The truck ran off a dyke and slammed into the Nieuw-Beijerland village near Rotterdam, where people were holding a barbecue. The vehicle belonged to a Spanish haulage company. The 46-year-old Spanish truck driver was arrested. He was being investigated for causing a fatal accident, a police spokeswoman told dpa. The man, who was not injured, had not drunk any alcohol. The truck initially stopped at an intersection and, when it started again, it left the road for reasons that are still unknown, the spokeswoman said. But according to the Spanish newspaper La Verdad, the Spanish trucking company said the driver of the truck went off the road while trying to avoid a van. The haulage company is in contact with the Dutch authorities to help clarify the cause of the accident, the newspaper reported on Sunday. The police spokeswoman could not say whether a van was involved in the accident. On the evening of the accident, however, a white van was being sought. The driver later turned himself in to authorities. Overnight, rescue crews used a crane to recover the heavy truck and the deceased buried by the vehicle. Investigations into the cause of the accident were still ongoing.