The police were notified of a serious traffic accident in the Steigen tunnel in Steigen municipality in Nordland at 4 pm on Sunday afternoon.
A total of six people were involved in the accident, of which five were in the car.
Lifesaving first aid was performed on the spot, but life was not saved for four of those involved:
– Four have been confirmed dead by health personnel on site. All four dead were in the car, said operations manager Tommy Bech in Nordland police district.
COLLISED: The car collided with a tractor in the middle of the eight kilometer long tunnel. Photo: Gunnar Grytøyr
Two more people were transported to Nordland Hospital with unknown extent of damage on Sunday.
Head of communications at Norsland Hospital, Randi Angelsen, informs TV 2 on Monday morning that a person is described as critically injured and will be transferred to St. Olav’s hospital for further treatment.
The other person involved is now described as slightly injured, Angelsen states.
It was a tractor with a trailer that was hit from behind by a foreign registered car, approximately in the middle of the tunnel. Both the vehicles involved drove in the direction of E6, the police stated on Sunday.
It has now been confirmed that the four dead were from the Czech Republic.
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