There are very poor driving conditions in Vesterålen on Sunday. A bus with 22 passengers ended up in the ditch after being blown off the road in severe storms.
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A half-full bus ended up in the ditch at Myrland along the E10 in Hadsel in Nordland. There were 22 people on board.
The bus was on the side so that the main doors could not be opened.
– It goes well with the passengers. No people are critically injured, but two of them have pain in the head and neck, said operations manager Remi Johansen in Nordland police district to VG.
– Everyone is awake and ready, some of them have received a blow to the window, he adds.
The bus has emergency exits that could be opened, but the police asked them to stay inside the bus until new transport arrived as a result of extremely bad weather. The bus arrived at 11 o’clock and took over the passengers.
Just before 12 o’clock, the police stated that one person was transported to Svolvær to be examined at the emergency room. The rest of the passengers were taken on to Evenes.
The tour bus was commissioned by Tide. Tide has canceled all departures in Nordland, Flybuss and other tour assignments until further notice due to the bad weather.
– The incident was handled, and everyone on board was taken care of by emergency services locally, says communications manager Marianne Frønsdal in Tide Buss to VG.
