Trailer with live fish overturned – NRK

The police was notified of the crash in time 8:50 Sunday morning. The trailer, which was heading to Freya, overturned on county road 714 in Orkdal.

According to the driver weighs trailer 40 tons and was loaded with live fish.

– Suggesting distracted driving

Downhill Driving occurred on a straight stretch and the cause of the accident is currently unclear.

– we must have examined the driver properly before we can say anything about the cause, said operations in South Trøndelag police, Astrid Metlid.

– But it may indicate that there has been unfocused drive which has led to the trailer is too far out on the edge and then overturned, says Metlid.

The clock 14.50 NRK traffic that the road is closed, and the NPRA suppose road must be kept closed until the clock 15.15. At 15.30 was the way opened for directing.

Lighter injuries

There was a driver for 29 years and a passenger of 35 years in the car when the accident happened. Both are Norwegians. They should have come out of the trailer before emergency services arrived at the scene.

– Both are sent to the emergency room. They’ve got some kind inside the car, the tender neck and is pretty bruised. They must therefore be checked, says Metlid.

The trailer was one of the transport company SG Trans AS trailers. The managing director of the firm, Stig Collin Jenssen says that the driver and the patient has not been hospitalized.

– They are pretty battered, but they escaped major damage, and it is the most important says Jenssen.

the trailer was loaded with wrasse being used on fish farms to get rid of lice. Pisces are now being handled by authorized personnel.

– The fish are cared for by qualified personnel, which ensures that fish welfare is safeguarded by current laws and regulations, says Jenssen.

According to Jenssen, it is up to them to decide whether the fish will be used for its really purposes.

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