– Ended up in the same crash – news Vestland

The military vehicles belong to the Home Guard’s task force, Bjørn West. – There is extensive material damage. We are securing equipment, says Major Bjørnar Solbakken of the task force Bjørn West to news. No one should be injured in the accident. Stood close together A total of four cars are involved in the accident. The accident is said to have occurred when the military vehicles stopped for a red light inside the tunnel. The civilian car is said to have hit the military vehicles from behind. – The first car has stopped for some reason. Then the following cars did not stop, says operations manager Tore André Brakstad in the West police district. Two of the military vehicles are not drivable. – The vehicles were close together, so that they all ended up in the same collision. That shouldn’t happen. Now it has unfortunately happened, says Solbakken. There is extensive material damage to the four military vehicles following the collision in the Kjenestunnel. Photo: Heimevernet Four tunnels closed The task force was on its way down from an exercise on Mjølfjell when the accident happened. A total of 200 people took part in the exercise. Everyone is on their way down from the mountain on Thursday afternoon. The Kjenes tunnel is located between Dale and Trengereid on the E16 in Vaksdal. The Jamna Tunnel, the Stavenes Tunnel and the Trengereid Tunnel on the E16 were closed after the accident. They are now open to traffic. There are still long queues in both directions after the accident. The emergency services are on the scene. Car parks have been ordered. Bjørn West is one of a total of twelve task forces in the Home Guard. It is the regional task force in Western Norway. The task force is based at Bergenhus fortress in Bergen. The police will open a case after the accident. news was first informed that there were four military vehicles involved in the accident. The correct thing is that three military vehicles are involved. Four vehicles in total.



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