– I was at work, then we started to hear some screaming and shouting, says Madelen Jørvum. She works as a waitress at a restaurant on the pier in Tønsberg. The shouting came from people on the pier and in the boats by the footbridge over the canal. – We looked over at the boats, and then we saw a lady clinging to the bridge while it opened, says Jørvum. She goes on to tell how the bridge opened and went all the way up. A sailboat passed under, before the bridge closed again. – The lady remained squatting and clinging to the bridge for quite a long time after it lowered, says Jørvum, who thinks it was a very frightening incident. Tønsbergs Blad mentioned the case first. SCARED: Madelen Jørvum witnessed the incident. Photo: Robert Hansen / news Alarm Business manager Øyvind Myhre in Tønsberg municipality says the bridge is working as it should. – We warn with an alarm long before the barriers come down, he says. The municipality does not know who the woman is. – She has not contacted us, says Myhre. – What do you think about what has happened? – It is uncomfortable and painful both for the man who sat in the bow and for the woman who went over, he says. Prepared the emergency services Madelen Jørvum says a person at the restaurant was in contact with the ambulance center while the incident was going on, in case something should happen. – Everyone in the restaurant was shaking and had their hearts in their throats. It was terribly uncomfortable. If she had missed the roof when the bridge was up, it would have gone very wrong, she says. news has been in contact with the police, who say that they are not involved in the case. – I am looking at the log now, and we have not been notified of this incident, says operations manager Merete Kvaal in the South-East police district.
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Here the woman clings to the bridge several meters above the ground – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
