It is very slippery in place and the bus slid down a hill and entered the house.
– The bus driver is expected to be slightly injured. There shouldn’t be any serious damage to the house, reports the Sør-East police district.
The accident occurred in Åsgårdstrand, Horten municipality.
Passengers aboard the bus are not expected to be injured, but will be examined by on-site medical personnel.
– The site is very, very slippery and it happened at the bottom of a hill, says operations manager Victoria Hillveg.
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No one lives in the house that was hit by the bus.
– The bus encountered emergency vehicles for the first time, including one of our fire trucks on the ground. Then the mirror of the fire truck made contact with the bus. The bus then sailed on the holka into the building as we understand it here and now, says Fire Chief Andrew Wright on the Fire Department’s Twitter account.
Firefighters were already in the area where they met on the bus. They had a busy day with several crashes and water leaks.
Encourage to leave the car
This Christmas there were challenging driving conditions in several places in Eastern Norway. Before there were large amounts of snow, before the warm weather and rain came.
The change in the weather has led to soapy roads as the rain freezes to the ground. Meteorologists issued a yellow ice warning on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
– There is precipitation over large parts of Eastern Norway, in the form of snow, sleet and rain. Great danger of ice and rain water on the roads. Drive carefully, keep a good distance and slow down, writes Vegtrafikksentralen öst on Twitter on Monday morning.
– If you don’t have to use the car, leave it alone.
Warning for snow and snowdrifts
In several places in Norway there are challenging weather conditions.
In Western Norway, the Swedish Road Traffic Center recommends checking road reports before travelling.
A yellow warning is expected for snow inland on Rogaland and Vestland on Monday.
In Finnmark and parts of Troms, there is a lot of snow at high altitudes on Monday evening due to strong winds.
