– We received an emergency call at 23:24 about a foreign man in his 30s who had been unlucky and slipped into the Pollfossen and into the river Otta, operations manager Kristian Bjaanes at the Innlandet police district told news. The emergency services are on the scene, and are searching for the man. At 04:45 on Thursday morning, no discovery had still been made in the area, Bjaanes told news. Demanding search operation There is a large flow of water in the river Otta. – He was standing on land and was unlucky and slipped into the waterfall before he was taken by the masses of water and disappeared, says Bjaanes. The emergency services and the Red Cross are searching for the man in the river Otta with, among other things, a drone. There is a large flow of water. It is a demanding search operation for the rescue services. Requests have been made for further assistance from the Norwegian Civil Defense and resource persons for river rescue. – We have had an air ambulance over the river for some time. Volunteers have also contributed in relation to searches in the river. It is very demanding. There is a lot of water flow and it is dark, says Bjaanes. It is not the flight weather area. – We received the air ambulance from Dombås, which has done its search. The weather is bad in the west, says the operations manager. Crisis team The municipality has set up a crisis team at the Pollfoss hotel. – There were others present when the incident occurred, and they are now being taken care of, says Bjaanes.
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