The Grootzand was completely closed for a while. Photo: svov – Dendermonde / Grembergen – At Grootzand in Grembergen, a 63-year-old pedestrian was caught by a car on Friday afternoon around 2 pm when he crossed the pedestrian crossing. The victim was taken to hospital in critical condition. – When the pedestrian, a man from … Read more
Middelkerke – Not a classic book, but a moving story. Three years after her husband, visual artist Rudy Meganck, died of colon cancer, tragedy struck again and Inge Demoen (56) was suddenly diagnosed with breast cancer. She wrote and photographed her fears and experiences in the book ‘Cancer between ebb and flow’. – After business … Read more
The man died on a construction site. Photo: bfs – Moerbeke-Waas – A fatal industrial accident occurred around noon on a construction site on Terweststraat in Moerbeke-Waas. A worker from a construction company fell down a narrow elevator shaft and did not survive the fall. The labor prosecutor is investigating the case. – The worker … Read more
Difficult? Karel continues to smile. During his journey, he was occasionally accompanied by friends, who also provided supplies. Photo: Karel Sabbe – Waregem / Ghent – 160 kilometers, 12,130 vertical meters. That’s the Alta Via 2 in Italy. Karel Sabbe completed that journey in barely 37 hours and thus has another record to his name. … Read more