– The last 24 hours have been absolutely terrible, says 19-year-old Olai Kvamme-Humlestøl. He is part of a car community in Florø. On Friday evening, he heard that a friend might have been involved in a traffic accident. Kvamme-Humlestøl traveled to the accident site. There he called and called to get hold of his friend. He didn’t do that. – I had to find out who it was and be absolutely sure who it was. It was absolutely terrible. On Saturday, several tens of people gathered at the scene of the accident where three young people lost their lives in the traffic accident on national highway 5 in Florø on the night of Saturday. Kvamme-Humlestøl lost his friend in the car hatch in Florø. This afternoon the local community gathered for a memorial service and motorcade. Photo: Truls Kleiven The deceased were in their late teens and early twenties and lived in Kinn, Sunnfjord and Bergen municipality. Now the car community in Florø has gathered for a memorial service and motorcade. Kvamme-Humlestøl believes that the large crowd shows how good the community is. – When something serious happens, everyone is here to support each other. Motorcade after the accident. Photo: Truls Kleiven – This is one of the worst things that can happen, says vicar Erling Bakke Nydal. As a priest, his task is to be present, listen and grieve with those present. He praises the young people for taking the initiative for the commemoration. – We have such a desperate need to do something in such a hopeless situation: – It is so tragic that young people in their prime are being ripped away, he says. Flowers and candles were laid at the place where the three young people died. Photo: Truls Kleiven Being followed up by a crisis team Mayor of Kinn, Ola Teigen, calls the accident an unimaginable tragedy and says she has made a strong impression on the local community: – Those who show up are strongly affected and need to talk about the incident, be together and prepare the grief. The municipality’s crisis team follows up the relatives. The crisis team was also at the event to talk to young people. Mayor Ola Teigen (on the left) together with vicar Erling Bakke Nydal in Kinn municipality and fire chief, Robert Endestad. Photo: Truls Kleiven – I see that the rescue personnel who were there last night are here and tell about their experiences and need to talk, says Teigen. Florø cultural center is open so that those who need to talk to someone can meet there. Also in Førde in Sunnfjord, there will be a commemoration this evening, news is informed by mayor Jenny Følling. It is unclear what has happened – The latest news now is that the crime scene technicians are in the process of finishing their work at the scene. There is clean-up work there before they proceed to examine the accident car, says police chief Wenke Hope at Florø police station. The investigation will continue both technically and tactically tomorrow and into next week. – We will finish the most technical matters today and proceed with further questioning and tactical investigation tomorrow. The deceased will be autopsied next week. In a press release that the police sent out earlier today, they asked witnesses to get in touch. They wrote that the sequence of events is still not clear. What is known is that the emergency services received a report of a traffic jam where one car had caught fire at 10.45pm on Friday evening. About 15 minutes later, 110-Vest reported on X (formerly Twitter) that the fire had been extinguished. Duty commander Helge Lund in 110-Vest then informed news that they had no overview of whether everyone was out of the vehicle. A total of five people were involved. On Saturday evening, the police are in the process of finishing the forensic investigations at the site. Photo: Truls Kleiven The car in which the three young people were sitting was burnt out. In the other car there was a man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s who were sent to the hospital in Førde by air ambulance and ambulance. They must have received minor injuries. Relatives of the three young people were notified on Saturday night. On Saturday, the police are carrying out forensic investigations at the site. Photo: Ole Kristian Svalheim – Nothing is as meaningless as when a young person dies in a traffic accident, says the mayor of Kinn, Teigen. Olai Kvamme-Humlestøl hopes that the local community will gather at the community center in Florø to talk and be together. – It’s nice to have someone to talk to.
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Marking for young people who lost their lives in traffic jams – news Vestland
