– Divers have conducted thorough search without discovery. 14 people have been in the water, but there is no injury, says operations manager Lars Geitle in Hordaland Police little before 2 o’clock on Friday night.
When it had gone nearly three hours since the dramatic incident on a partybåt in Port area of Skjerjehamn located north of Sandøy in Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane.
Rebuilt lifeboat
Fringe Festival held in Skjerjehamn these days, and that’s why a lot of people in the harbor area. The incident happened right at the jetty.
– The boat that overturned, is a converted lifeboat with party tent. It lay between the other boats. What has led to the overturned, we know not, says duty rescue leader Asbjørn Displayed at JRCC for Southern Norway said.
He says that they received notification of the accident at 23:40. Police were notified five minutes before.
Police boat was in the area in conjunction with the festival and got to the place where the party boat capsized just minutes after the dramatic event, writes local newspaper Nordhordland.
Both police and fire brigade informed early on that no more than those who had come out of the water, was missing. Nevertheless, the police decided to bring divers from Bergen fire to go through the area around the vessel as a precaution.
– Thought we were going to die
On the docks in Skjerjehamn says Christian Meyer in the local police that it was quite as chaotic as party boat suddenly went around and partying festival people with one lying in the water.
– There was a little scuffle. There were a lot of people here, so we’ve got emptied pier, says Christian Meyer in police Nordhordland.
A man who fell into the water, explains that it was a regular party in the boat, but that it suddenly capsized .
– I thought we were going to die, he says and continues:
– We were not prepared even a little. Suddenly just happened, says the man and says he got a sofa at the foot of the tumult that arose.
A lot of people
The local newspaper Nordhordland could earlier Friday about new attendance record at Fringe Festival with 4,000 people in the arena.
In addition, the marina described as crammed full, with about 300 boats and full tent and campsites. (© NTB)
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