It was on Tuesday afternoon that a car drove off the road and ended up on an ice floe in the river in Haltdalen. It is unclear how the accident happened. The local fire service went to the scene with surface rescuers who quickly rescued the driver ashore. Didn’t get cold feet The man, who is in his 80s, was not seriously injured, but was taken to emergency room in Røros. He was also admitted to Innlandet Hospital. Rune Lien was given the task of rescuing the car from the ice floe. Here the car is on a floe in the river in Haltdalen. Photo: Morten Karlsen / news Hanging from ropes, he made the trip out across the icy river to hook onto the car. – This was an assignment a little out of the ordinary, he says, after arriving dry-docked back on land. – It’s not quite everyday, but we didn’t get wet – so it actually went very well. Here you can see car salvager Rune Lien in action. Video: Morten Karlsen / news Opprette’s case The police do not suspect drink-driving. – We are unsure of the cause of the accident. There was nothing special about the driving conditions, says operations manager Ebbe Kimo. He says that the police have not been able to speak to the driver on Tuesday evening. The report came to the police via AMK at 3.22pm on Tuesday. The operations manager says that a case is being opened into the traffic accident, – This was handled well by the fire service, who were quickly on the scene and were able to rescue him ashore. That was the most important thing. The driver was rescued from the ice floe by the fire service. A little later it was the car’s turn to get ashore again. Photo: Morten Karlsen / news
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Car rescuers with a different mission after a car ended up in the river in Haltdalen in Trøndelag – news Trøndelag
