The descent took place on the night of Tuesday.
One person died on the spot. Life-saving first aid was carried out, but unfortunately life could not be saved, according to the police in Agder.
The police announced at 5.45 that the work to notify next of kin had started.
The descent occurred after the police at 3 o’clock wanted to stop and check the car after it had driven erratically on the E18 from Kristiansand in the direction of Lillesand.
No persecution
Police operations manager Knut Odde tells NTB that the car picked up speed when the police turned on the blue light, and that after a couple of minutes the police patrol fell far behind due to the high speed.
The police sign https://twitter.com/politiagder/status/1774976748737744929 (formerly Twitter) the car then turned off county road 420 and down towards Lillesand.
– Here it met another police patrol coming in the opposite direction, but before it had turned, the car was out of sight, says Odde. which says that no pursuit of the car was therefore started.
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Drove off the road
At 3.23 the police received a report of a car that had driven off the road at Skuggevik in Lillesand. This turned out to be the same car that had driven from the police just ahead.
It was first reported that the person was ill when health personnel supervised the person concerned. Not long after, the police announced that the person in question had died.
