The shock and defeat after the fatal accident on the Wadden Sea are great for Friso from Sneek. That is what the construction group says in a statement on its own site.
Snelboot Tiger of shipping company Doeksen and water taxi Stormloper collided with each other at the Schuitengat on Friday morning. Employees of Friso Bouwgroep and bricklayers from facade renovation and jointing company Douwenga from Franeker were in the water taxi.
When the accident came, writes director Henk Dedden on the Friso . site , project leader Egbert van der Veen dead. Son Riemer (12), who came along for the autumn holidays, is still missing. The father and his son are from Sexbierum.
Executor Gosé de Vries has also not yet been found, according to Friso. A third employee of the construction group is still in hospital. He is doing well under the circumstances.
A 57-year-old man from Leeuwarden was killed in the accident. He worked for contractor Douwenga. Two other people on board, also working for Douwenga, have returned home, according to Friso Bouwgroep.
The group was on its way to Terschelling on Friday to work on new apartments for WoonFriesland. The housing association says to sympathize deeply . Our thoughts go out to the victims, missing persons and their loved ones in this incredibly sad accident. We wish them a lot of strength.’
Friso Bouwgroep asks for time and space to ‘process the great loss together in peace’. If you want to, you can leave a personal message on a special memorial page .
On Thursday, a festive moment would take place on the site of Friso in Leeuwarden at De Zwette regarding the driving of the first pile for the construction of the theater for the elfsteden musical De Tocht. This has been cancelled. “We feel a strong connection with Friso Bouwgroep and its employees. Right now all our thoughts are with them”, responded business musical director Hans Staal .
