On Tuesday evening collided a truck and a passenger car on the E18 highway in the outskirts of Karlskoga.
Seven people have been hospitalized and one of them is the condition life-threatening.
After the serious accident of the University Hospital in Orebro declared gain mode.
the accident occurred at 19:30 pm on Tuesday evening. A truck and a car collided then at junction cultivation near Selma Lagerlof road, the E18 on the outskirts of Karlskoga.
– How it happened we do not know yet, says Peter Backman, head of rescue operations at the emergency services.
Younger children among the injured
Seven people were involved and all have been hospitalized. Among them, a young child was, police said.
– Five people have been transferred to Örebro hospital, two of them with minor injuries, two with serious injuries but not life-threatening and a person has life-threatening injuries. Two have been to Karlskoga hospital with serious injuries, but they should not be life threatening. So a total of seven people taken to hospital, says Ulrika Juhlin, Communications at the region Örebro.
There are the four people who were traveling in the car that should have been more severe injuries and one of them was taken to hospital by helicopter. It is unclear at what age the most seriously injured person is in.
Hospitals in strengthening position
According Ulrika Juhlin’s University Hospital in Orebro declared gain mode.
– The means the hospital to put extra resources to be prepared to receive a load that is beyond the ordinary. It may be a situation that occurs when unusual events and emergencies, says Ulrika Juhlin.
Transport Administration says that it is “very large impact” as a result of the accident. Traffic flows and accessibility at 21.45 estimated to be normal again.
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