{"id":34296,"date":"2023-02-18T20:36:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T20:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/tourist-bus-with-38-people-overturned-in-lofoten\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T20:36:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T20:36:46","slug":"tourist-bus-with-38-people-overturned-in-lofoten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/tourist-bus-with-38-people-overturned-in-lofoten\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist bus with 38 people overturned in Lofoten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There were 36 well-grown Italian tourists on board the tourist bus which drove off the road in Lofoten earlier on Saturday. Several people were trapped in the bus. The accident happened around six kilometers north of Leknes in Lofoten. 14 people were sent to hospital, which triggered a disaster alarm when they were notified of the accident. – Disaster staff and extra personnel were immediately called in, says head of communications at Nordlandssykehuset, Randi Angelsen to news. The patients who came in had varying injury status, but none were critically or life-threateningly injured. This is stated by the hospital in a press release on Saturday evening. – Some patients with minor injuries have been discharged. The remaining are being treated at the hospital in Gravdal, the hospital writes. A relatives’ center was established at the hospital, but this has now ended its work. Those who did not need treatment were sent on by bus to the town hall in Leknes. The municipality set up a crisis team Vestv\u00e5g\u00f8y municipality set up a crisis team at the town hall in Leknes. – We have made arrangements to be able to receive those who are injured. We have opened the town hall and the canteen, and set up a psychosocial crisis team so that we can deal with those who have been involved in the incident in the best possible way. This is what the mayor of the municipality, Anne Sand, tells news. – Here there is food and woolen blankets, so we take care of them. Everything is in place, says deputy mayor Eva Karin Busch. Here, some of the passengers arrive at the municipal building in Vestv\u00e5g\u00f8y, where the municipality has set up emergency staff. Photo: John Inge Johansen \/ news An investigation has started. Police chief Ruben Evjen says that they called in all emergency services when they were notified of the accident earlier today. – Initially, it was reported that several people were critically injured, but it looks like most people are doing relatively well, he says to news. He says that when they receive reports of trapped passengers in winter, it can quickly become critical. – When I moved out, I had the impression that the situation was under control, but we did not know one hundred percent. We received a message that someone was stuck, and then it could be a bit critical. The police are now working on the scene to see more about the condition of the bus and have started an investigation to find out what happened. – We see that it is quite a narrow road, for those of us who are familiar with the area, we know that it is difficult to pass each other. We will eventually see what is the reason why the bus is located where it is. Difficult driving conditions news’s \u200b\u200breporter who was on the scene stated that new and moist snow has arrived in the area. – An ambulance was the first to arrive on the scene, it quickly became clear that several people needed hospital treatment. Six people were sent to the hospital in Gravdal by ambulance. The remaining passengers were sent by bus to the emergency room, says operations manager Ivar Bo Nilsson in the Nordland police district. The police do not dare to conclude on any preliminary cause of the accident. – There are difficult driving conditions at the site, so there is reason to believe that the road has something to do with this descent, but we cannot conclude that now, says Bo Nilsson. Sent four helicopters to the scene of the accident The Northern Norway rescue center was quickly involved in the case. A short time later, two ambulance helicopters and two rescue helicopters were on their way to the scene. – We received a notification at 10:33 about a bus accident. There are approximately 38 people involved in the incident. A rescue helicopter has been dispatched from Troms\u00f8 and Bod\u00f8 in addition to two ambulance helicopters, said rescue manager \u00d8rjan Delbekk at the Northern Norway Rescue Center to news earlier Saturday. It was around 10:30 that the police in Nordland reported that a charter bus on its way to Hauklandstranda had slipped off the road and rolled over on its side. There were 36 elderly tourists in the bus, in addition to the driver and tour guide.
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