LATEST: The road is open again. At 11.15, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration reported that a geologist was on site.
– At 08.45 I received a report that a large stone had rolled down the road on national highway 15, says task leader Therese Hoff Bylterud in the Innlandet police district.
The stone rolled down in the vicinity of the intersection Ottadalsvegen/Fjellvegen. This was at the junction between national road 15 and county road 51, thus blocking the road that runs between east and west.
The road between east and west was closed.
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Closed the road
It was a person who had come to the town who reported the collapse to the police.
When the police arrived, they closed the road.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration reported at 11.15 that a geologist was on the scene, and at 12.11 the police reported that highway 15 was open again.
When national highway 15 was closed, there was a diversion for passenger cars via Liavegen between Lom & Vågå. Heavy transport had to wait.
– Liavegen is not suitable for heavy transport, says Bylterud.
The stone was heavy.
Photo: Even Lusæter / NRK
No personal injury
No one was hit by the stone.
– There is damage to the guardrail, down towards the lake, says Bylterud.
The person who reported the crash to the police was there shortly after it had happened.
– When the authorities arrived there was still dust in the air, says Bylterud.
The road was closed after the landslide.
Photo: Even Lusæter / NRK
2023-10-25 10:30:51
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