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A woman died in a crash in the Opera tunnel – VG

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ACCIDENT: Rescue work in the Opera Tunnel, where a car went in the wrong direction and collided with a train of trucks early Saturday morning.

A woman was confirmed dead after a collision with a truck on Saturday morning. The other four in the car are hospitalized with injuries.

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Police were notified of the incident at 04:30.

A car with five young people arrived driving in the wrong direction at the eastbound exit from Operatunnelen and onto Mosseveien. Here the car collided with a train.

One person received life-saving first aid on the spot but died as a result of the accident, police said.

Police prosecutor Rikke Lund Lefdal confirms to VG that the deceased is a woman in her 20s.

The other four got out of the car on their own and were taken to Ullevål hospital after the accident. Everyone involved is relatively young, says the police prosecutor.

– At the moment we don’t know the specific extent of the damage to the other four in the car, but they are all in the hospital and are being treated there. Everyone is injured, he tells VG.

The car suffered extensive material damage.

Investigate the accident

The exit was closed for over three hours due to the accident, which was described as serious.

Police are now hard at work investigating the incident. Among the material they brought is the video of the accident itself.

– You will also get a video to clarify in more detail where the car ran into the opposite direction of travel, the police prosecutor tells VG.

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