Four people are injured, two of them seriously, but not life-threateningly injured, after a collision between two boats outside Kragerø on Sunday night, according to the police. The main rescue center has launched an action after the report, which they received at 1.11. – A boat has come ashore in Kragerø. It had eight people on board, who are looked after by ambulance personnel. We do not have information about the other boat now, says on-duty rescue leader Oddgeir Andersen at the Main Rescue Center Southern Norway to NTB. He adds that they have no information that the boat has sunk. The police state that there are four injured in the boat who got to Kragerø. The southeastern police district later states that there will be five and not eight people in the boat that came ashore. Boat number two must have continued after the collision. – We have not come into contact with the driver of the other boat. It is obvious that the person in question knows there has been a collision. We ask that they report, urges Sørøst police district on Twitter. – It will be about a white day cruiser and it drove on from Kragerø towards Skien. The main rescue center has put the air ambulance in search and a rescue helicopter from Rygge will search the area for the other boat. – In addition, both the lifeboat and a coastguard vessel will contribute. But no one is missing, says the rescue leader.
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