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Boat On The Road: Bizarre Accident Blocks Dutch Highway

  • by: Maarten Schenk
  • (Mon, 05 Oct 2015 10:39:24 Z)

The Dutch A9 highway between Diemen (near Amsterdam) and Alkmaar was blocked for some time this morning because there was a boat on the road. According to reports in Dutch media it fell from a trailer and blocked two lanes.

Soon there was a 6 km (almost 4 miles) traffic jam and delays up to one hour while the boat was being towed away:

And here we thought the Dutch were really good at keeping roadways and waterways separate.

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Maarten Schenk is our resident expert on fake news and hoax websites. He likes to go beyond just debunking trending fake news stories and is endlessly fascinated by the dazzling variety of psychological and technical tricks used by the people and networks who intentionally spread made-up things on the internet.  He can often be found at conferences and events about fake news, disinformation and fact checking when he is not in his office in Belgium monitoring and tracking the latest fake article to go viral.

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