The police characterize the accident as “serious”. – At 12.19 we received a report that a car had driven into the rock face inside the southbound run of the Fløyfjell Tunnel. There was one person in the car, says duty operator Lars Petter Lorvik at the Fire Service’s 110 central in Bergen. Driver taken out of the car The first report was that the driver was trapped. – When our people arrived at the scene, the driver had been taken out of the car, says Lorvik. The tunnel has two runs and is the main road through Bergen, where it directs traffic on the E39 and E16 outside the city centre. The accident happened in the southbound race, which runs from Sandviken to Nygårdstangen. The speed limit in the tunnels is 80 km/h. The police directed the cars back out into Sandviken, where there is a detour via the center of Bergen. Photo: Cato Heldal Kristensen / news The tunnel was cleared of cars According to news’s reporter at the scene, the car must have hit the rock wall approx. a third into the 3.2 kilometer long tunnel. Both races are now closed. The police have cleared the southbound route by directing cars back and onto the road in Sandviken, where there is a detour via the center of Bergen. The police have so far not responded to news’s inquiries.
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– The accident appears to be serious – news Vestland
