A bus with 22 passengers is in the ditch after being blown off the road in Vesterålen, after a severe storm on Sunday. In addition, another bus is said to have been blown off the road 50 km away.
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A bus has ended up in the ditch at Myrland along the E10 in Hadsel in Nordland, the police confirm to VG. The message came just after 10:00 Sunday morning.
– A gust of wind has taken the bus off the road. 22 passengers are on board, the police write.
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Goes well with the passengers
The bus is on the side so that the main doors can not be opened, the police add when VG talks to them on the phone.
– It goes well with the passengers. No people are critically injured, but two of them have pain in the head and neck, says Remi Johansen, operations manager in Nordland police district.
– Everyone is awake and ready, some of them have received a blow to the window, he adds.
The operations manager says that the bus has emergency exits that can be opened, but that the police have asked them to be inside the bus until new transport arrives.
– A new bus has been ordered. It is not possible to stand outside in this weather. There is so much wind that it is not possible to stand almost upright, says Johansen.
He says that all emergency services are on their way.
Another bus has overturned
About an hour after the first bus overturned, a message came that another bus had also blown off the road.
– Only the driver is in the bus, and he is doing well, says Johansen.
It was the driver himself who reported the rollover.
– An ambulance arrives to check on him for safety.
