It is currently unclear why the car started rolling. The police are in contact with the car owner, who is being questioned at the scene. – What we have the overview of now is that eight people are injured, says Rune Vegard Huse, operations manager in the Innlandet police district to news shortly after 10 p.m. Three people have been taken to hospital for further treatment, while four have been discharged on the spot. One person went to the emergency room himself, according to the police. – We cannot rule out that more people are injured. We were on the scene quickly, and that is what we have an overview of now, says Huse. Photo: Espen Aleksander F. Børresen Investigating widely The emergency services were notified of the incident at 9.22pm on Friday evening. – It must be about a driverless car that has rolled into a group, the operations manager told news shortly after 9.30pm. The police are interviewing several witnesses at the scene on Friday evening. The area is cordoned off until the police have carried out investigations at the scene. – We are investigating extensively. We cannot rule anything out, but there is nothing to indicate that it was a deliberate act, says Huse to news. – A shock Espen Aleksander F. Børresen was in the queue for the club when the car came rolling down towards Strandgata in Hamar. He called the police when he realized what was happening. – It came as a shock, says Børresen. He did not himself see the car coming towards them, but reacted to the sound and that people started shouting around him. People at the scene were able to stop the car. The car stopped on a pavement. – Immediately there was a bit of chaos, but no violent panic, explains Børresen. This weekend there is a football tournament, “Løkkecup”, in Hamar which attracts many people to the city. For information: Espen Aleksander F. Børresen is related to an employee of news Innlandet.
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A car rolls into a crowd in the center of Hamar – several people are injured – news Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio
