warship HMS Carlskrona and ferry Yxland crashed in Karlskrona port on Friday morning. Two passengers on the ferry should have been taken to hospital.
- One of the passengers on Yxland complained of neck pain, and someone was sick, says Anders Lännholm on air and sea rescue center.
The incident occurred at 11- time on Friday. Then the ferry Yxland – which, according to the Maritime Administration’s rescue leader, is about the same size as the ferries in Gothenburg – leave the port, while örlogfartyget Carlskrona.
– Carlskrona came from the right, from the naval port which is located a short distance away, and Yxland from the “public” port, says Anders Lännholm, deputy SMC air and sea rescue center.
It was there that the two boats collided, and passengers Yxland to have been slightly injured in the collision, according to information to the police.
– There was a nurse on board who contacted us. Some of the passengers on Yxland complained of neck pain, and someone was sick. Yxland got to go back to Karlskrona where we met up with the ambulance at the dock, as I understood it, says Lännholm.
The ferry runs between the center of Karlskrona and the island of. The masters had telephone contact with each other before the collision and it is unclear why not bang could be avoided. This will now be investigated, says Transport Administration’s press officer Bengt Olsson, TT.
The 75-meter Yxland and 105 meters long Carlskrona should not have been damaged by the collision, according to information provided to air and sea rescue center.
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