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Truck loses control in Tønsberg, multi-vehicle crash injures three on E18
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A truck carrying waste lost control in Tønsberg on Sunday evening, causing a multi-vehicle collision that left three people lightly injured and brought traffic on the E18 motorway to a standstill for hours. The incident occurred near Barkåker in the southern Norwegian city around 18:30 local time, according to reports from Aftenposten and NRK .
Witnesses described the truck, towing a cabinet trailer, veering across the southbound lanes before overturning. All three occupants—two men and one woman—were able to exit the vehicle and sustained only minor injuries. Two were taken to Tønsberg Hospital for precautionary checks, while the third was treated at a local emergency clinic. The trailer detached during the rollover and came to rest on its side, blocking the roadway. Emergency crews worked to clear debris and restore traffic, which resumed just before 19:30.
Police suspect the collision may have involved a collision with a goods train, though this has not been confirmed. Authorities warned of residual gravel on the carriageway and advised drivers to exercise caution. The E18 remained open to normal traffic by nightfall, with no long-term disruption reported.
The incident follows a series of traffic accidents across Europe over the weekend, including a fatal waste truck crash in Pamplona on Sunday that killed one person and injured four others, reportedly due to a suspected brake failure . In Ireland, a cyclist in his 30s died in hospital on Saturday after a collision with a car in Kilkenny , while in the Netherlands, a 79-year-old woman died and a 52-year-old driver was seriously injured in a head-on crash in Heerenveen, leading to the arrest of a 41-year-old man on suspicion of drug use .
In Estonia, four separate accidents on Monday injured eight people, according to The Baltic Times . Meanwhile, a pedelec rider was seriously injured in a fall on the North Sea island of Föhr, Germany , and a car overturned on the A7 autobahn in Germany, leaving the driver with serious injuries .
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