One person died in the accident on the E39 – Bergens Tidende

E 39 is closed after a person is hit by a truck.

the clock 13.23 notified police of a traffic accident on the E39 Sundfør in Tysvær. One person is confirmed dead in traffic accident.

E39 is now closed and will be closed in the near term. Because of the traffic accident call on the police that the people running county 47 via Haugesund.

Soft road

Norunn Byrknes in South West police stated earlier today to BT that the police were on their way to accident site. Now they are trying to map the event there.

– The parties involved in the accident is a truck and a soft road, said Byrknes to BT.

She will not go into whether the soft road user was on bike or on foot on the stretch of the E39. This is because it is small, local conditions at the site.

– The driver of the wagon train is taken care of by the health system, says Byrknes.

Not identified

The dead was still not identified at 15:45 hours Friday.

– We are working on the identification and notification of relatives, said operations manager Rune Square.

Police are trying to get an overview of what has happened at the accident site. Krimteknikerer worked at the accident site at 16 o’clock Friday. Crisis team in Tysvær Municipality is also set in motion.

There are no other cars involved in the accident.

The road will be closed at both ends by Hodnafjellet and Haukås, over time, police said. Road Traffic Management Centre can not say how long the road will be closed.

– Experience has shown that this a few hours, but this is the police that control, says traffic operator Morten Hansen at Road Traffic Management Centre.

Traffic directed by Dare and Haukås.