29 June 2023 at 02:35 Man died in crushing accident in Alver A man died after being crushed between a car and a trailer in Alver municipality in Vestland on Wednesday evening. The accident happened in a private area with a witness present. Emergency services were notified of the accident at 10.23 p.m. Attempts at life-saving first aid were carried out without success, and the person concerned was pronounced dead on the way to hospital, says operations manager Tore-Andre Brakstad in the West police district to NTB. The next of kin have been notified. The case is being investigated further by the Nordhordland police station district. – This is a tragic accident where a man got stuck between a car and a trailer, says Ivar Holmaas, acting police station chief in Nordhordland. The police have been on the scene and have carried out investigations. It has been decided that the man will undergo an autopsy. – It is a tragic incident where it is natural and necessary for the police to follow up. Holmaas does not want to go into how the accident happened, and says it is too early to conclude yet. He does not want to say whether anyone was in the driver’s seat of the vehicle when the accident happened, but says they do not suspect that anything criminal has happened.
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