The highly unusual episode unfolded at the Swedish Road Administration’s control station at Lanner outside Porsgrunn last Thursday. Earlier this week, news was able to tell about the hired van that Vestfold crematorium uses to transport dead people to the crematorium in Skien. Crematorium manager apologizes Now news has confirmed that the van has been stopped on at least two occasions for being overweight. Here, a funeral home collects two coffins to reduce the total weight of the van. Photo: news-TIPSER – I am aware that when the van routinely drove in for control weighing, the total weight was above what is permitted for this vehicle, says general manager Monika Holm Svinsholt at Vestfold crematorium. The driver of the van was clearly told that the weight had to be reduced before he could drive the deceased further to the crematorium in Skien. The solution was to requisition a funeral home, which moved out and collected two of the coffins in the car. Must weigh coffins before departure – It is only regrettable that this happened. Measures are being taken to prevent this from happening again, Svinsholt assures. General manager Monika Holm Svinsholt at Vestfold crematorium. Photo: Private – But it’s not the first time this has happened? – It is true that it has happened once before. After that episode, we decided that we should reduce the number of boxes in order to reduce the total weight of the car. – But it still happened again? – Yes, it’s only to apologize in the strongest possible terms. From now on, we will weigh each individual coffin and add up before we drive from the crematorium. We obviously don’t want it to be like that, says Svinsholt. – Weighed 200 kilos too much Office manager Ivar Thorkildsen at Utekontroll Sør in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration confirms that the van in question was stopped at the Lanner control station last Thursday. He states that the van has a permitted total weight of 3,500 kilograms, but that it was too heavily loaded during the inspection. Office manager Ivar Thorkildsen at Utekontrol Sør in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. Photo: Marthe Synnøve Johannessen – It was 200 kilos overweight, says Thorkildsen. The head of the office adds that the driver will not be sanctioned beyond the fact that he was told to ensure that the car was within the permissible total weight before it could drive on. – What is the road service’s general comment on this way of transporting dead people? – No comment, replies Thorkildsen. Published 12.06.2024, at 10.02
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