BRIDGE FALLS;7 VEHICLES LOST IN STRAIT SIXTH Edition

After the ramming, police said, the ship's crew radioed authorities and mainland policemen were on the scene in 14 minutes, setting up a roadblock at one end of the bridge. A policeman on Tjorn Island was telephoned at home some ten minutes after the accident, but it took him 50 minutes to get...

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Published inThe Boston globe
Main Author Rolf Soderlind Associated Press
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, Mass Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC 18.01.1980
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Summary:After the ramming, police said, the ship's crew radioed authorities and mainland policemen were on the scene in 14 minutes, setting up a roadblock at one end of the bridge. A policeman on Tjorn Island was telephoned at home some ten minutes after the accident, but it took him 50 minutes to get dressed and drive to the site to block the other end, police said. The freighter, owned by Norwegian Alfr. Olsen Line, hit the bridge span while apparently being piloted too close to the island, coast guard officials said. The worst bridge disaster ever in Sweden was the collapse of the Sando Bridge in the northern province of Angermanland in 1939, killing 18 workers who were building it.
ISSN:0743-1791