49-year-old Janice Karina Buen from Skien has died after an accident on the E39 at Blindheimstunellen Ålesund on 3 June. The accident claimed two other lives.
Updated less than 10 minutes ago
–
The case is updated
Møre og Romsdal police district writes this in a press release on Wednesday.
Buen died of his injuries on Tuesday. The name is released in consultation with the next of kin.
Two women died and a total of seven people were taken to hospital after the serious traffic accident on 3 June.
Buen was sitting in a car with her two friends Kirstie Nedregård (51) and Kathrine Krogen (47) when an oncoming car crossed into their lane, the police state in the press release. The two died shortly after the accident.
The accident happened on the E39 in the Blindheim tunnel at Spjelkavik outside Ålesund. The police in Møre og Romsdal reported the accident on Twitter just before midnight on 3 June.
The police have charged a 24-year-old woman after the accident.
– The 24-year-old woman who drove the other car has been charged by the police after the accident, the police write in the press release.
Have video of the incident
– We have obtained surveillance video from the tunnel and questioning of key witnesses is ongoing, operations manager Sindre Molnes told VG on 5 June.
The woman still has status as the accused in the case.
–– It hurts so much when it happens so suddenly, that people are swept away. I am primarily thinking of the next of kin, but this is also a great sadness for our entire local community, said Ålesund mayor Eva Mariann Vinje Aurdal to VG after the accident.
–
