Seven children and two adults involved in an ATV accident – three to the hospital – VG

The case is being updated.

On Saturday afternoon, the emergency services received a report of a road accident in Øystese in the municipality of Kvam in western Norway.

– Information provided by witnesses at the scene says an all-terrain vehicle must have overturned and rolled down a slope, operations manager Bjarte Rebnord said in a press release.

There must be two adults and seven children on or near the ATV. The children involved are between three and ten years old.

Switchboard 110 in Hordaland indicates that two adults have been transported to Haukeland University Hospital by air ambulance.

– In addition, a child was transported by ambulance to the hospital, says Ronald Drotningsvik, commander of the guard at exchange 110 to VG.

– The other six children are well according to the conditions and are cared for at the scene by health personnel and police, says the commander of the guard.

Two air ambulances and a rescue helicopter were dispatched to the scene.

– ATV driven on the road and overturned. A total of 9 people on the ATV that overturned when capsizing. No one is currently trapped. Otherwise, the extent of the damage is unknown, police wrote at 1:50 p.m.

A few minutes later, the police declared that two adults and a child were being treated at the scene.

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