Three people are injured in a serious accident on the E16 at Sundvolden in Hole. A lone car must have driven out at Garntangen. It is reported from the emergency services on the spot that the situation is to be critical for one of the three injured and that work is being done with cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The road will be blocked, and there are major traffic challenges on the site, the police write. – E16 is closed in both directions. There are huge queues, the road traffic control center has been notified and there will be a detour. It’s boom stop. In the day out that we are in the middle of now, this will have major consequences for getting past the place. Here it will take a long time before you can pass, says operations manager in the South-East police district, Trond Egil Groth, to news just before 17.00. There are huge queues in the area, police report. Photo: Tipser There is a detour for passenger cars on county road 2850, Åsaveien. Detour for larger vehicles via E18 Drammen, E134 Hokksund and national road 350 past Vikersund. None of the three in the car are trapped, but the police can not yet say anything more about the injury situation of those involved. Big exit day Elsewhere in the country, there is a large exit in the Pentecostal traffic. To the south there may be long queues on the E18. Just be prepared for the car ride to be slower than normal. – We expect that there will be a lot of traffic and queues to the south now that good weather has been announced and it is a long weekend, says traffic operator Ole Martin Nilsen at Vegtrafikksentralen sør. It is especially on the E18 at Langangen in Porsgrunn and in the Bolstad tunnel at Sande in Vestfold that Vegtrafikksentralen expects slow-moving traffic. At 16.30, they report a 20-minute delay between Tranby and Drammen, a 10-minute delay after the Bolstad tunnel and a 30-minute delay between Larvik and Bamble. In the Oslo area, no significant delays have been reported so far. CRITICAL POINT: On the E18 at Langangen and at Grenlandsbrua / Kjørholt, there will be a detour and narrowing in connection with the construction of a new E18 this summer. There can be heavy queues here at times. Recently, there have been long queues at Langangen in Telemark in connection with road work and traffic accidents. – Be patient, travel at other times or consider another route, the traffic operator encourages. A family from Drammen did it, on their way to Dyreparken in Kristiansand. – We had the opportunity to take time off and knew there were many who were going out at Pentecost, says Barbro Moen Thorsvik, at Lasse’s roadhouse at Stathelle near Porsgrunn. – Boring, tiring and a little fun, says the daughter Gyda, and says she is at least glad she did not have to go all the way to the Zoo. The Moen Thorsvik family takes a breather on the way to Kristiansand. Photo: Kurt Inge Dale / news Staffed up Vegtrafikksentralen asks motorists to be vigilant. – Then it is important to be aware and follow the traffic because it can suddenly stop in front, so you do not drive on other cars, Nilsen says. Viking rescue service says they have manned up for extra traffic. – This applies not least to the E18 to the south, which already last weekend was characterized by extra summer traffic and this is also expected this weekend, says marketing director Sjur Jensen Bay. The fear may be powerless electric cars, but they have seen relatively few cases of it, Bay said on Friday afternoon. – For most people, the trip fortunately goes well, albeit slowly. People are also generally good at assessing the situation, he says.
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Prepared for long queues with the Pentecost exit – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
