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The lawyer for assistance Sven Knagenhjelm to the relatives after the accident of February 24 of last year came out this Thursday with a reaction on behalf of the family of the victim and his partner who survived the accident.
Bane Nor was acquitted Wednesday of wrongful death and negligent damages following the Filipstad accident. The court believes that the accident could have occurred even if the tunnel was properly insured and attributes the responsibility to the young people themselves. The court confirmed the fine of NOK 10 million for the lack of security in the area.
The attorney writes in a press release that the district court is clear in its conclusion about the lack of security of which Bane Nor has been guilty, but that it strongly dissociates itself from the description in the judgment that it is not unlikely that the young people have a desire to explore and a willingness to take prevail.
He mentions a series of circumstances that led the young people to not believe that there was electricity on the airline over the train or that it was particularly dangerous to enter the area.
– Contrary to what the district court has ruled, young people have not been aware that they were exposed to the risk of high voltage current. Had Bane Nor complied with safety requirements that the district court has found have not been met, the accident would not have occurred, writes the assistance attorney.
The 15- and 16-year-olds went through a hole in a fence and entered the dark tunnel of the “Strupen” train at Filipstad in Oslo. Inside the tunnel, the three young men got on the parked train and then came across an overhead line carrying a voltage of 15,000 volts.
Even Warsla Meen died. The other two young men were seriously injured, but survived.
