Heavy goods vehicles hit by huge rockslide on E16 in Voss – Bergens Tidende

fire service 110 control reports that they sent divers to the place. They fear that more cars could be taken off the slide.

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According to operations manager Arve Samsonsen at the Western Police District is a truck hit by rubble.

– We have had contact with the driver. He has reported injuries in a hand. The stones that are raging out of your way to be three to four meters in diameter. The road course is closed, said Samsonsen.

It was 9.30 that police operations center reported a large rockslide at Hyvingstunnelen Voss. The slide has gone across the road and into the Bolstad Fjord. Road Traffic Management Centre informs that E16 is closed between Troll Kone tunnel and Hyvingstunnelen.

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– Five meters high

– The is a complex landslide at a few hundred meters in width and five meters in height. It may be that more cars are taken. We can not yet answer, but as long as the opportunity is there we need to send crew, says guard commander Torkjell Helle at 110 exchange.

110 exchange has sent diving boat. Drone with operator is also sent to rasstedet to get a better view.

Crews from fire stations in Voss and Dale are on site.

– The races are still on site. It means that we have not gotten done so much yet, says Sigbjørn Villanger the 110 exchange.

Soil, rocks and trees

Arne Tyssen live in Tysse road across the bay from where the slide has passed.

– I look onto the slide now and it seems to be over 100 meters wide. The slide has gone over the road and into the sea, he said.

Tyssen say that the slide consists of soil, rocks and trees. His neighbor, Knut Tyssen adding that it is located at least two to three meters of stone and earth across the road.

Detour via County Road 7

Road Traffic Management Centre reports that the detour is recommended by county 7 Hardanger. Construction is be rushed to the place to start cutting easier.

– We have no camera around the place where the slide has gone, so we know yet whether the queuing is great, says operator by road traffic center.

police writes on Twitter that the road will probably be closed for some time. Clock 10:28 reports 110 exchange in Oslo that crew of Voss and Vaksdal is in place.

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