Operations manager in the South-East police district, Marius Fosvold, tells Dagbladet that there are a total of five people involved, divided into two cars and a truck.
– The car has allegedly been standing in a stationary queue, and then the lorry has come from behind at speed and collided with the car – which then collided with a car in front, he says.
The person in one of the cars is considered to be seriously injured. The others involved must be upbeat.
Suspicion of mobile phone use
Operations manager Tommy Eriksen tells Dagbladet that a man in his 50s has been charged after the accident.
They write that it is the driver of the lorry who has been charged with a breach of section 3 of the Road Traffic Act and that the police are working on the hypothesis that he was either tired, intoxicated or inattentive when using a mobile phone.
– We have therefore confiscated the mobile phone and obtained a blood sample from the driver to investigate the accident hypotheses, says Eriksen.
Was stuck
The Swedish Road Traffic Center has posted a detour sign at the site. The Swedish Traffic Agency writes on Twitter that there is a detour via Fylkesvei 363.
– But there was a queue initially, he points out to Dagbladet on Thursday evening.
At 22.25, Fosvold tells Dagbladet that the air ambulance is working with one person on the scene. He does not have any further details about the person’s state of health.
– The person was at one point trapped, but is now out, he says.
Eriksen states that there is still a detour at the site around half past one on Friday, but that there are no major delays as a result of this.
Road closed
The police’s crime technicians and the National Roads Administration’s accident team worked at the scene.
In an update on Twitter at 10.45pm, the police write that four people have been taken to the emergency department, and one person to Skien hospital by ambulance.
– The air ambulance has been on the scene, but did not take the patient with it.
When Dagbladet talks to Eriksen after midnight, he states that all five injured have been taken to Skien hospital for further checks.
– We do not know the status of these, but they all had a pulse and breathing, he says.
2023-05-25 22:41:15
#Traffic #accident #E18 #damage
