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Woman taken to hospital after head-on crash in Indre Østfold

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A woman in her 40s was seriously injured in a head-on collision between a car and a truck in Hobøl.
  • She remained conscious and was flown by air ambulance to Ullevål Hospital in Oslo.
  • The road was closed while the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s accident team examined the scene.

A woman in her 40s was seriously injured when a passenger car collided head-on with a truck on national road 120 in Hobøl, Indre Østfold, on Monday afternoon.

Police received a report of the crash shortly before 2 p.m. The woman was conscious when an air ambulance flew her to Ullevål Hospital in Oslo, police operations leader Gisle Lindheim Sveen of the East Police District said in a media statement.

The extent of her injuries was not known. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s accident team examined the crash, and the road past the scene was closed.

The extent of the injuries is not known, but the woman was conscious when she was flown by air ambulance to Ullevål Hospital in Oslo.

· Gisle Lindheim SveenThe East Police District operations leader described the woman’s condition after the crash.
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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. 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.