Tom Waes said in a short statement on Tuesday that he had drunk too much on the evening of his accident and that he also remembers nothing “of the accident or of the circumstances that evening in the Kennedy tunnel”. Images of a drunken Tom Waes are also circulating. For example, the above video was made by students on Friday evening in Antwerp South. “This is unprecedented. He’s not even standing up.”
“The fact is that I went to a restaurant and café that evening and that I drank too much to be allowed to drive the car,” Waes said in his statement. “Still, I got in my car to get home. Incomprehensible. I should never have done that, there is no doubt about that.”
The media personality apologizes profusely for his mistake. “I realize that I have been very lucky. Lucky I didn’t cause any casualties. Lucky that I survived it myself. It’s a huge, incomprehensible mistake that makes me feel terrible. I would like to offer my sincere apologies to everyone. I’m terribly sorry,” he continued.
A blood sample was taken in the hospital on Friday night. The results are not yet known. Waes concludes his statement by saying that he will no longer talk to the press in the coming months. “Until my management let me know that I have sufficient mental and physical strength again,” he concludes.
