Stena Line passenger ferry collided with a tanker outside Gothenburg in the night.
The accident occurred near Vinga and the boat took in water, according to witnesses.
– The feeling was that it could have ended really badly, says the passenger Jonathan Svedmyr.
During Saturday night collided Stena Line’s M / S Stena Jutlandica route from Frederikshavn to Gothenburg with another ship.
It reaffirms the Coast Guard’s operative leader Kalle Isaksson at 2:45.
– We can confirm that there has been a collision between passenger ferry that publicly called for and what which seems to be a tanker, but at present we do not know more, he says.
“We take the waters”
After the collision heard several passengers of the Aftonbladet.
– We take in water but have been told that we continue towards Gothenburg. It was an unpleasant shock when it happened, says a passenger.
Many people were asleep when the collision occurred, says another passenger.
– It became unsettled when people woke up to the collision. Some children began to cry then, it took a while before we got the message that another vessel encountered in the stern. We take in a little water in the engine room but goes against Gothenburg.
After the watch 03 could M / S Stena Jutlandica moor at the quay in Gothenburg.
– The hole is very large. Several meters wide. One sees straight into the tires. It could have ended in disaster, says an eyewitness on the dock.
“No damage to passengers’
Jesper Waltersson is Communications Manager at Stena Line.
– Stena Jutlandica was run over by another vessel at Vinga about and a damaged hull. It took in water but never so much that it was a serious danger. The situation is under control and there is no information on damage to passengers, says Waltersson.
On the quay where many passengers were taken by the drama. Jonathan Svedmyr, 44, from Uppsala drove the family car from the tires out on the dock and saw only then how much damage on the boat was.
– It was good weak at the knees when you drove past and saw it. And then they had already been shaken for a while, he said.
“It was seriously”
He had been on holiday in Denmark with his family. With the ferry trip was his wife and three children. Jonathan was sleeping when the collision occurred.
– It shook and there was a loud, metallic sound. It felt like we hit something, and that something in the progress of the boat changed. We were worried and my wife asked me to look for the life jackets and lifeboats were. It was in earnest. Location was sharp and we were scared, he said.
In their quest for life jackets, he ran on a Norwegian couple who had been on deck when the ferry collided with the tanker.
– The saw everything and told me that it was very close that we had hit properly. Now it was serious enough, but the feeling was that it could have ended really badly at a stronger collision, says Jonathan Svedmyr.
While the tanker was damaged and during the Sunday morning still off Vinga.
– The investigative work regarding this accident is ongoing right now and we can not comment on it further. As soon as it gets light, we send out a plan to see if it has leaked something in the water. Tanker boat was loaded with gasoline, said John Månsson, duty officer at the Coast Guard.
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