On Thursday morning, the Meteorological Institute extended a yellow danger warning for ice in southern Norway and warns of challenging driving conditions in large parts of the country. There have already been several accidents on Thursday afternoon and evening. Accident on the E18 Just before 9.30 p.m., the police report a traffic accident in the northbound direction on the E18 at Gulli in Tønsberg. A car is said to have spun and ended up on its roof. No serious injuries have been reported. Traffic passes in one lane, which leads to traffic jams. Face to face in Larvik At Vindfjell on the border between Vestfold and Telemark, things went wrong just before 3.30pm on Thursday. Two cars collided head-on at high speed. – The extent of the damage is currently unknown to us, but there has been high speed and high energy in terms of the damage, says Ståle Fuglaas. He is a task leader in the Sørøst police district. Ståle Fuglaas, task leader in the Søreast police district, asks people to take it easy on the roads today. Photo: Theo Aasland Valen / news An elderly couple has been taken to the hospital in Skien, while a man in his 30s has been taken to Tønsberg. The cars are completely damaged as a result of the accident, where there have been long queues this afternoon. There have been long queues on national highway 32 as a result of the accident on Thursday. The road was opened to normal traffic just before 6 p.m. Several accidents Over the course of the evening there have been several accidents in the same area: Sandefjord, 6 p.m.: Two cars collided on the E18 at the exit towards Stokke. No serious injuries. Larvik, 18.10: Along Ulaveien in Larvik, a car skidded off the road. The car is in the ditch and is not an obstacle to traffic. The driver is a man in his 80s who appears unharmed, according to the police. Nome, 19.00: A truck and a car collided head-on. The driver of the car, a woman in her 60s, was attended to by an ambulance at the scene. She is said to have emerged from the accident without serious physical injury. She is suspected of driving under the influence of drugs. Tønsberg 20.05: A lone car drove into a tree. There must not be serious personal injury. Færder 20.12: A car has hit a lamppost along Kirkeveien in Færder. E18 Tønsberg 9.20pm: A car has spun around and is on its roof. Traffic flows past in one lane in the northbound direction. Fuglaas encourages people to take it easy. – It is snowy and slippery on the road, so people have to drive according to the conditions, he says. – People must calculate their time and drive according to the conditions. Here, it is also important to be properly shod, says the task leader.
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