Saturday, May 28, 2016

Three injured in traffic accident on the Oresund Bridge – Aftonbladet

A car has driven into a small truck which then caught fire on the Öresund Bridge.

Three people have been hospitalized.

– All must have been conscious and have been able to get out of the vehicles, says Gustaf Sandell, internal officers at the emergency services.

the clock 11:24 alerted police, emergency and ambulance to a traffic accident on the Oresund bridge.

a car had driven into a small truck on the bridge past the toll station towards Denmark, according to emergency services.

– the smaller truck caught fire, but it is off now, says Gustaf Sandell.

Three people were injured in the accident.

– They have been taken to hospital now. All should have been conscious and have been able to get out of the vehicles. It seems primarily to the neck pain, says Gustaf Sandell, internal officers at the emergency services.

The police closed the toll station which leads up to the bridge from the Swedish side.

– Since I do not know if we are on site at the accident yet. The clash occurred quite close to the Swedish bridge abutment, said Marie Keismar, duty officer at the police in Skåne.

As a result of the accident, the bridge was closed to traffic. At 12:40 the traffic flowed again at a normal rate, according to the Finnish Transport Agency.

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