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Helicopter called out after traffic accident near Sólheimajökull

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

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  • The Icelandic Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter to a traffic accident near Sólheimajökull at around 8 p.m.
  • Coast Guard communications director Ásgeir Erlendsson said police requested the response and the helicopter had just arrived at the scene.

The Icelandic Coast Guard called out a helicopter after a traffic accident near Sólheimajökull on Saturday evening.

Ásgeir Erlendsson, the Coast Guard’s communications director, told mbl.is that police requested the helicopter.

The aircraft had just arrived at the scene, he said.

The helicopter was called out at the request of police.

· Ásgeir ErlendssonThe Icelandic Coast Guard communications director described why the helicopter was dispatched.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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