A woman is transported to førde central hospital with serious injuries after nine people were involved in a bicycle accident on highway 5 at Eikefjord, Sogn og Fjordane.
It was the bottom of a hill, just west of the intersection that a training ended with more plunged in the asphalt.
– They ran in a row when the incident was out and more tumbled. The most seriously injured are sent by air ambulance, said operations manager Trond Hatlenes police in Sogn og Fjordane.
Health Forde says that the woman is seriously injured but stable.
– Relatively high speed
the group belongs to the cycling club Flora CK. Leader of the bike club, Jens Petter Kjelsnes, says that there were no outsiders involved in the accident.
– A person fell and took with them more in the fall in the downhill at relatively high speed, he said.
Kjelsnes reports that three more people have been sent to hospital for checks. He says that the team has experienced injuries before, but not in such a scale.
– So we have to congratulate those who took care of each other, he said.
the road was closed
Hatlenes says it is taken explanation of those who were with the party.
the first message to the police arrived in time 24:42. The road at the accident site was closed for a period after the accident, but will now go somewhat back to normal.
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