Tourist bus ends up in frozen lake: at least three dead, four seriously injured

L’accident s’est déroulé dans une zone touristique de la Norvège. http://imagebroker.com/#/search/7143512

The bus ended up in a lake in Norway. The preliminary death toll is three while the bus was carrying 58 passengers including "many foreigners".

Three people died and four others were seriously injured after a bus carrying “many foreigners”, ended up in a lake near the Raftsundet Strait, which separates the Lofoten and Vesterålen archipelagos on the northern coast of Norway, police announced. According to local media reports NRK, the bus left the road around 1:30 p.m. and ended up in a lake.

Eight different nationalities on board the bus

“Many passengers on the bus are foreign nationals,” Nordland County Police said. A total of 58 people were injured in the accident. According to the county police district chief of staff, Bent Are Eilertsen, the bus contained eight different nationalities. Three people were airlifted out by helicopter and other passengers were evacuated to schools and hospitals in the area. .

The Norwegian Red Cross also sent staff to the scene and dispatched a boat to transport evacuated passengers. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre expressed his thoughts to those affected by the accident. .