“No words can express such a loss,” Iceland’s president says after fatal crash
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- Icelandic President Halla Tómasdóttir offered condolences to the families and friends of three young people killed in a crash on Krýsuvíkurvegur.
- The victims, one boy and two girls, were in a car that left the road near Bláfjallavegur.
- Police and Iceland’s Transport Accident Investigation Board are investigating the circumstances; the crash is the country’s deadliest since December 2018.
President Halla Tómasdóttir said no words could express the loss after three young people died in a car crash on Krýsuvíkurvegur.
The victims, a boy and two girls, were travelling in a car that left the road near Bláfjallavegur while heading south. The crash occurred during the night.
My thoughts are with the families and friends of the young people who died in the tragic accident last night. No words can express such a loss.
“My thoughts are with the families and friends of the young people who died in the tragic accident last night. No words can express such a loss,” Tómasdóttir wrote in a Facebook post.
She urged people to take care and look out for one another, saying the tragedy showed how precious and vulnerable life is. The crash is the deadliest recorded in Iceland since December 2018. Police in the capital area and the Transport Accident Investigation Board are examining what happened.
When grief comes knocking in this way, we are reminded how precious and vulnerable life is. Let us take care and look out for one another.
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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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