On the night of Saturday, a leisure boat with nine young people capsized in the sea at the island of Teksmona in Meløy. Two of them died. Four were sent to hospital, three to the local emergency room. All those involved are local young people between the ages of 18 and 20. Many people have lost someone after the tragic accident. It is also not the first time it has happened this summer. These are the deceased Morten Johan Åsvang Halvorsen (18) from Reipå and Emil Aleksander Johansen (19) from Neverdal died in the boat accident on the night of Saturday 26 August. Both from Meløy municipality. Three were sent to the local emergency room, four to hospital. A total of nine young people were in the boat. Couldn’t go to work 18-year-old Julie Hogstad says it has been an extra hard weekend for her. She was actually going to work on Saturday. She is glad she escaped. – It is very heavy now. I wouldn’t have made it. news meets her and her friends in the center of Ørnes two days after the accident. – The worst thing is that the one who died is my best friend. We have gone to school together for five years, and shared a lot. It is very painful. From the left are Julie Hogstad (18), Rebekka Moen (18), Charlotte Gåsvær (18). All three were friends of those involved in the boat accident. Photo: Daniel Hong Hansen / news Several fatal accidents in one summer The boat accident near the island of Teksmona on the night of Saturday is not the first fatal accident in Meløy this summer. Two young people had already lost their lives that same summer, before this accident. Now four young people have lost their lives in one summer. – I feel we have been given very little breathing space. When you are almost over one, another one comes. It is very tiring. Earlier this summer, Tonje Olsen Jacobsen died in a traffic accident in Saltdal. She too was from a young person from Meløy. The suspicion against six of the seven accused has weakened On Monday morning, the police told news that the suspicion against six of the seven accused in the case had weakened. – During the weekend, we interviewed most of the people who were involved in the boat and are starting to get an overview of what happened and who drove the boat. This is what police prosecutor Gaute Rydmark told news on Monday. All seven survivors were initially charged under section 36 of the Small Boats Act. Now the suspicion against six of them has weakened. – The case against the six prisoners is headed for dismissal. The police confirm that, which means that the suspicion has been strengthened against the last one. The police say to news that they have already carried out several interviews, and that technical examinations of the boat will be carried out. Boat capsized on Helgeland. We see the area where boats search for people in the water. It is dark. Photo: Synnøve Sundby Fallmyr / news The police also confirm that the nine friends were in a social group on the island of Bolga, southwest of Meløy. Alcohol was consumed there. – When they were going to drive home at 12:00 at night, this accident happened. They collided with land when they were on their way back to Ørnes. – Just coming more and more Friend Rebekka Moen says that many who have passed away, including earlier this summer, are in the same circle of friends. – It has become very difficult for many people. It just comes more and more. The third friend in the little group, Charlotte Gåsvær, also says that it is difficult now. – It hurts because we went to class with him, and he knew others well. They also knew the seven who survived the accident. Hogstad says that the young people try to meet to be a little extra close to each other in this difficult time. – It’s okay to be sad. It feels very good to have each other close. “Steered the boat from you when you were a fist big” The family also shares the grief and talks about memories with the deceased. Vibeke Halvorsen is the aunt of 18-year-old Morten Johan Åsvang Halvorsen from Reipå, who the police confirmed on Sunday evening was one of the two deceased. news has received permission to share the content of a post Halvorsen published on Facebook after it was clear that he had died. “You hated injustice and were never afraid to speak up. You were good at most things. A real Halvorsen with fishing blood in his veins. You steered the boat from the time you were the size of a fist.” Vibeke Halvorsen conveys her feelings in a Facebook post after her nephew died in the boat accident. Photo: Screenshot Facebook “If there is life after death, we think you, Emil, Thomas and Vegard are out at sea trawling for prawns. While Aud-Karine keeps you a little in the ears.” Shaped as a heart: – Not so good to put into words Monday morning you could see a yellow heart outside Fore in Meløy on the Marine Traffic map. It is Einar Meløysund and the rest of the crew on his fishing boat who are behind it. – The father of one of the deceased works on our boat, he explains. A boat has shaped a heart at Marine Traffic outside Fore, Meløy, following the boat accident. Photo: Screenshot Marine Traffic They were supposed to have their first day of work after the summer today, Monday. – We have had a meeting on board and discussed, among other things, this matter; How we could show warmth and sympathy towards those affected. In that discussion, the proposal to make a heart came up, says Meløysund. – It’s not good to come up with so many words, so we thought this could be a nice thing to do. Meløysund says they have already received good feedback, both from those affected and other people. Memorial service planned for Thursday But neither the family nor the friends of those who died in Meløy are alone in their grief. On Sunday evening, friends and family met in a motorcade in the village. On Thursday morning, a memorial service is planned with all the high school students gathering outside Ørneshallen. Many of the village’s young people gathered on the beach in Storvika to remember the two who died in the boat accident on the night of Saturday. Photo: Frida Farestveit Jonassen / Meløy Streetcar In addition, the village’s young people say that they are good at meeting each other. – We meet at each other’s houses or outside and talk together, says Charlotte Gåsvær. Friend Rebekka Moen says that their school has been good at organizing so far. – No one is forced to do anything today or in the future. So we are well taken care of.
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Lost his best friend in the boat accident in Meløy – news Nordland
