Operations manager in Trøndelag police district, Roger Mogstad tells news at 05:00 on Friday morning that a search has been made for the person along the river bank from Gimse bridge all the way down to the fjord, on both sides of the river during the night. It has been done in the hope of perhaps finding the missing person if he had managed to get ashore and perhaps needed help. – That search is negative. So in consultation with HRS (Hovedredningssentralen red. am) there is no longer any hope of finding the person alive, says Mogstad. – That means that in the early morning we will switch to searching for the presumed dead, he says. The coastguard, rescue helicopter and drone took part in the search last night, says operations manager in Trøndelag police district, Roger Mogstad: At 4pm on Thursday, they received the first report that a person had been observed in the river. The police state that they will search through the night, as long as there is light and weather conditions for it. – We are working on the possibility that the person in question may have injured himself and may have got out of the river in one place or another, and based on that we are still in search and rescue. This is what operations manager Roger Mogstad tells news just after 22:00 on Thursday evening. Earlier in the evening, clothes were found by the riverbank which the police put in connection with the search operation. – It’s rough now, there’s a lot of water, said operations manager Kirsten Bergstrøm just before 6.30pm. The first observations were made at the Gimse bridge, not far from the center of Melhus, and the E6 south of Trondheim. The emergency services are coordinating a major rescue operation in Melhus in Trøndelag. Photo: Karianne Breivik Eldnes / news Continued search in the river There has been a full search for the man throughout the afternoon and evening on Thursday. – We moved out with large forces. We have searched with two helicopters, drone, police boat and crew along the river, without finding this person. Operations leader Ole Stig Bjørhovde. Photo: Karianne Breivik Eldnes / news He states that the police do not know who this person observed in the river is. – It is not known what the cause is. Whether it is someone who has been swimming and gets knocked out, or what has happened is currently unknown. But we have found some clothes that we associate with this person. Witnessed the incident Jan Gjønnes lives close by. He was on his way to chat with a fisherman when he saw the man lying down sunbathing or sleeping by the river. – He started to undress. Then he took a smoke and swam in. He would probably try to swim across the river, but the current is quite strong on this side. Gjønnes says that the man started swimming with the current down the river. They followed him until he disappeared from sight. Jan Gjønnes witnessed the incident. Photo: Karianne Breivik Eldnes / news – There were people up on the bridge, and they probably called for an ambulance because it came quickly afterwards, says Gjønnes. Observed by several It is unknown to the police what the cause is. They have not received any information about anything other than that several different witnesses have seen a person in the river. Boats and divers have been deployed in the estuary. – Full efforts have been launched here to possibly save the person in question. The police have not received any information that anyone is missing. Many take part in the search In addition to the emergency services, with both an air ambulance and a rescue helicopter, the Coast Guard also takes part in the search. They have sent out divers in a light boat, according to the police. The radar service shipradar24 shows that KV Njord is in the area. Graphics: Shipradar24 The first observations of the person in the river were made at Gimse bridge in Melhus municipality south of Trondheim. Photo: Karianne Breivik Eldnes / news
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Now looking for the presumed death in the river Gaula in Melhus in Trøndelag – news Trøndelag
