The Norwegian Road Administration reports that one person is slightly injured, and that a passenger car has major damage to the front after the accident that occurred in connection with convoy driving on Tuesday afternoon. The driver’s injuries are said to be lacerations after receiving shards of glass in the face. The police further say that the driver of the car is a man in his late 50s. For several days, reindeer herders have been working at the site where a rock fell on Monday 18 July. While the work is ongoing, national road 13 over Vikafjellet between Vik and Voss is closed with convoy driving every 90 minutes. During the convoy driving on Tuesday, one car was hit by a stone. – The stone that came down hit the front of the car, says Tom Erik Englaugstad, traffic operator at the Traffic Center. Construction manager in the National Roads Administration, Geir Ove Engebø, says that the stone came from a place where they had not yet started cleaning the mountain. Closure and queues The road is closed as a result of the incident, and it is unknown how long the closure will last. The road traffic center writes on Twitter that a new assessment on opening will be taken on Wednesday at 14:00. – We don’t open unless it’s safe, says Engebø in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. There were long queues on both sides of the race site. – Many cars have gradually turned around and driven back to Vik, says Odd Inge Gjeraker to news at 16:28. Earlier today, there must have been approximately 80 cars in a queue on the Vik side by the crash site. Photo: Odd Inge Gjeraker Wants tunnel through Vikafjellet Mayor of Vik municipality, Roy Egil Stadheim, says he is not surprised that new landslides occur on the stretch. Now he wants to increase the funds for breed protection. – It is incredibly important that we secure vegans from race in a proper way, he says. But the mayor further points out that avalanche protection is not enough, and that the only safe solution to prevent future accidents is a tunnel through Vikafjellet. This is what it looked like when the stones came down on the road on 18 July. In connection with race protection, a car was hit on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Noralv Pedersen / news
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Car hit by rocks during convoy driving on Vikafjellet – news Vestland
