8 August 2024 at 18:31 Car with a person in the water in Tønsberg Sør-East 110 reports that the fire service is responding to reports of a car that has driven into the water at Kanalveien in Tønsberg. The police state that there is supposed to be one person in the car who is about to sink. – The car must have driven into the water next to the Canal Bridge. The car is partially submerged in water and the person is still in the car, says operations manager Espen Reite at the South-East police district. A rescue helicopter has also been sent to the scene. At 18.32, the police report that the person must be out of the car and about to be brought ashore. The driver is being looked after by paramedics at the scene and the rescue helicopter has canceled the mission. The police are investigating the course of events.
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