28 September 2014
Last updated at 17:50 ET
The monster truck had been performing a stunt when it ploughed into the crowd
Another 18 people were injured, six seriously, at the event in Haaksbergen in Overijssel province, officials say.
Video footage shows the modified pick-up with outsized tyres driving over a row of cars as part of the show, but then veering off course.
Helicopters helped ferry the injured to hospitals in three nearby towns.
"A so-called monster truck drove into a crowd of spectators. A terrible accident with two dead victims," town authorities said on their website.
Video of the accident posted on social media showed the truck revving hard and then riding over six cars before suddenly heading towards spectators who were separated from the show by metal barriers.
Screaming, some managed to get away but others had no time to escape.
The driver of the truck has been detained and an inquiry has been opened, police said, quoted by local media.
Metal barriers had separated onlookers from the motor stunt show
The injured were taken to hospitals in three nearby towns
Netherlands 'monster truck' crash kills two at show
The monster truck had been performing a stunt when it ploughed into the crowd
Two
people were killed when a "monster truck" ploughed into a crowd of
onlookers at an annual motor show in the east of the Netherlands.
Video footage shows the modified pick-up with outsized tyres driving over a row of cars as part of the show, but then veering off course.
Helicopters helped ferry the injured to hospitals in three nearby towns.
"A so-called monster truck drove into a crowd of spectators. A terrible accident with two dead victims," town authorities said on their website.
Video of the accident posted on social media showed the truck revving hard and then riding over six cars before suddenly heading towards spectators who were separated from the show by metal barriers.
Screaming, some managed to get away but others had no time to escape.
The driver of the truck has been detained and an inquiry has been opened, police said, quoted by local media.
Metal barriers had separated onlookers from the motor stunt show
The injured were taken to hospitals in three nearby towns
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