– Thought I was going to die – news Vestland

The German couple Stefan and Tanja Trampe are on holiday in Norway, and had rented a car to explore Loen. They were sitting in the car when Stefan discovered rumbling and braking up in the valley. – It was very loud. I turned around and everything fell down, says Tanja. – What were you thinking then? – This is the end. I thought I was going to die, says Tanja Trampe. It was her husband who sat behind the wheel and discovered the crash up in the valley. He gave full throttle. – Steinar starts to hit the car. I drove faster and faster, the windshield cracked, and in the end I saw nothing because of all the snow, says Stefan. They stopped the car and jumped out of the avalanche. They are unharmed. – I’m lucky to be alive, says Tanja. CAR: This is what the car looked like after the landslide he took. Both driver and passenger are in good condition. Photo: Rune Fossum Lillesvangstuen / news – Thought it was torrential rain – We were about 400 meters away when the avalanche started. We heard a big bang, and thought it was torrential rain, says Scott Rassatt. He is on a Norwegian holiday with his wife and his four-month-old baby. ALMOST DRAWING: Scott Rassatt and his wife. Photo: Rune Fossum Lillesvangstu / news They turned around and saw large amounts of snow falling down the mountain. Both have avalanche experience, and stood far enough away to film the avalanche before moving on. Rassatt says he thinks the situation was scary. This film Scott Rassatt with his mobile phone before he went on. – It was very powerful. We saw people behind us as we drove into the parking lot walking and cycling, and we wanted to make sure they were safe. – What happens to dives now? – Now I hope to be reunited with our baby. She is with our grandparents, and we look forward to seeing her, says Rassatt. Putting the bus in reverse when he saw the avalanche Reinhardt Sørgård was on his way out to Kjenndalen with 12 friends from Måløy on a retirement trip when they were stopped by the avalanche. – They wanted to take a picture, so we stopped. When we started driving that, the landslide came. The stones hailed ten meters in front of the car, so it was just a matter of pulling him in reverse and backing, he says and adds: – If we had been out half a minute earlier, we would have been taken, Sørgård states. An electric car with two German tourists was not so lucky. They were affected by the air pressure from the avalanche. REVERSE: Reinert Sørgård put the minibus in reverse when he saw the avalanche. Photo: Vibeke Bruland / news – They were very affected by what happened, says Sørgård, who was first interviewed by Fjordingen. The tour group from Måløy were evacuated from the area, and are now waiting for a ride home. – It was absolutely awful. We were a little scared and shocked when it was on, say Elsa Iversen and Emma Bakke.



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