A man has died after he was crushed by a tractor at Lardal in Larvik. The police announced this on Twitter.
The next of kin have been notified, the police said.
It was at 15:38 on Sunday afternoon that the Sør-East police district reported a traffic accident between a car and a tractor.
– There has been an accident in a bend where one party has crossed into the northbound lane, and then the car has come under the tractor, says operations manager Erik Gunnerød to Dagbladet.
The operations manager further states that the driver of the tractor is physically unharmed, but taken by the incident.
– The driver will be questioned on the spot, says Gunnerød.
He says that crime technicians and the accident team from the police to the National Roads Administration have been notified and are on their way to the scene of the accident.
In an update, the police stated that it was a serious accident and that the rescue helicopter was on its way to the scene.
At 16.35 they wrote that the road is completely blocked and that it will be so for quite some time to come.
Fatal accident in Agder
On Sunday evening, the police in Agder reported a serious traffic accident in Lindesnes on the E39. In an update at 17:25, the police report that it is a fatal accident.
There was a traffic accident between a passenger car and a motorcycle.
– The driver of the motorcycle was confirmed dead at the scene by a doctor. The road will be closed pending technical investigations, write the police in Agder.
The road is closed in both directions, the Norwegian Road Traffic Center informs on Twitter.
Traffic problems in several places
This afternoon, the emergency services went to the E18 at Holmestrand, following a report of a chain collision in the northbound lane.
Three cars were involved in the incident, and there were no serious injuries.
As a result of the accident, E 18 was closed for a period, and that there was several kilometers of queues at the site. The road was opened at 16.05.
Operations manager in the South-East police district, Erik Gunnerød, tells Dagbladet that this is the worst day of the year.
– This is the last day of the joint holiday and the worst day of the year for such an incident, says Gunnerød.
Expected a lot of traffic
Earlier Sunday morning informed Vegtrafikksentralen that they expected a lot of traffic on the roads.
The communal holiday is over for many today, and several will return home from holiday.
– We would encourage people to calculate more time, and then you have to adapt to the traffic conditions and weather conditions that are coming. Most likely, there will be many road users throughout the afternoon and evening, says traffic operator at Vegtrafikksentralen Sør, Kjetil Løvås, to Dagbladet on Sunday morning.
He expected that there would be a lot of traffic, especially on the E18 northwards from the Porsgrunn area.
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