{"id":5909,"date":"2015-12-01T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T10:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/12\/01\/hockeymoeder-belandt-bijna-met-auto-en-kroost-in-de-vijver-bij-erasmus-sport\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:20","slug":"hockeymoeder-belandt-bijna-met-auto-en-kroost-in-de-vijver-bij-erasmus-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/12\/01\/hockeymoeder-belandt-bijna-met-auto-en-kroost-in-de-vijver-bij-erasmus-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey mum almost ends up in pond near Erasmus Sport after training"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Things almost went very badly wrong on Monday evening on Sportlaan near Erasmus Sports Centre. After arriving to collect her children from hockey training the mother, her BMW and her children almost landed in the pond when turning.<\/p>\n

Luckily, the car came to a standstill balanced on the concrete edge, with one wheel still on the grass and the other above the water. A car recovery service was called to pull the vehicle back onto dry land. According to Erasmus Sport Director, Jon de Ruijter, the mother and children were \u2018shocked but unharmed\u2019. What the current state of the car is, is not known.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\tImage by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJon de Ruijter<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

According to De Ruijter the incident shows \u2018how urgent the situation on Sportlaan is\u2019. De Ruijter: \u201cIn the evenings it is one of the busiest areas on campus. But it\u2019s narrow, dark and leads to a dead end. And as there are so many parked cars, there\u2019s hardly any room to manoeuvre.\u201d Lorries from suppliers regularly have to reverse the entire length of the road to make their exit. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly not the first time a hockey mum or father has had problems manoeuvring\u201d, said De Ruijter.<\/p>\n

De Ruijter is convinced that the situation will improve once the new multi-storey car park opens at the end of Sportlaan. \u201cAt least then there won\u2019t be any cars parked along Sportlaan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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