According to Dutch road transport website Transport Online, the accident occurred on Saturday evening around 7:30 in the town of Geleen.
The cabin of a truck was completely destroyed after an explosion believed to have been caused by a gas cylinder.
The driver, who was in the cabin at the time, miraculously survived and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. His condition was not life-threatening according to the police.
Photos shared online show the extent of the damage caused by the explosion.
Flinke explosie in vrachtwagen#geleen #kampstraat pic.twitter.com/cgcC7kM0vV
— Lou Dutch (@dutch_lou) September 17, 2022
A video uploaded to Facebook also shows CCTV footage that captured the explosion.
Photo: harry_nl / Flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (illustrative image of Dutch air ambulance)