Thursday, July 22, 2010

Tourist coach crashes in North Iceland


Three people were severely injured when a coach carrying 15 foreign tourists ran off the road at Einarsstadur near Husavik, north Iceland this evening.



Around eight of the other passengers were also injured. The injured were taken by ambulance to Akureyri Hospital and police, paramendics and search & rescue workers were all called to the scene of the accident.

The emergency co-ordination centre, a coastguard helicopter and air ambulance services in Akureyri were all put on high alert, but their services were not needed in the end, RUV reports – although air ambulance will likely be used if any of the three worst injured need to be transferred to Reykjavik.

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