The driver of the foreign lorry was very unlucky on his way over Haukelifjell on Monday. First it got stuck, then the lorry rushed with it meters of guardrail in an attempt to get back on the road. – The lorry driver could have stopped, but instead he drove back and forth a few times to tear himself free. In this operation, he crashed into two motorhomes, says communications consultant at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Lars Olve Hesjedal. The accident will be both expensive and demanding in the coming week: Three days will be set aside to fix the crash barrier and the damage is in the hundreds of thousands, says construction manager at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration Steffen Köhler. According to the police, the driver of the lorry is an Ukrainian man in his 50s. The train is registered in Poland. REAKED DOWN: This is what it looks like on Haukelifjell after a lorry carried a meter with it with car protection on Monday. Photo: Ellen Karin Moen / news More column driving for the week There is currently column driving around the clock over Haukelifjell due to work on the tunnels. Three days have been set aside to repair the damage after the lorry tore down the guardrail on a detour road over Dyrskar. While the work is in progress, there will be more convoy driving, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration states in a press release. Monday to Wednesday, 27 to 29 June, the road is closed to heavy vehicles, motorhomes and cars with trailers between 22:00 and 07:00. There will be two columns over the bypass between midnight and 04.00. Passenger cars can pass in a column all the time, but motorists should expect some waiting time. DANGEROUS AREA: It is important to put in place a new road barrier as soon as possible, explains construction manager Steffen Köhler in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. The clean-up work is estimated to take three days and will not start until Monday 27 June. Photo: Ellen Karin Moen / news Investigated by the police Haukelifjell is one of the mountain passes that connects east and west. On average, 1300 vehicles pass through a day, with extra heavy traffic in the summer. Now the road must be reinforced, and a new railing must be cast. On site, there is traffic routing and reduced accessibility, and it is narrower than usual. The police have opened a case on the matter. It has not yet been decided whether a fine will be issued to the driver, police station chief Øystein Torsnes at Hardanger police district informs. The police tried to interrogate the driver on the spot, but language difficulties led to the need for an interpreter. New interrogations will be taken at a later date. The man must not have been under the influence of drugs, Torsnes states. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has notified a claim for damages to the tortfeasor’s insurance company. – It happens that there is damage to railings because vehicles collide, but we can not say anything about how often, says Hesjedal.
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Long days with a column after lorries tore down several meters with guardrails – news Vestland
