Head-on collision on E6 in Eidsvoll, Digi Mart USA News (Eidsvoll, Norway): A woman in her 80s died and a man in his 60s was critically injured in a head-on collision on the E6 highway in Eidsvoll, according to police reported by VG.
The crash occurred just south of junction 56 Boksrud. Police said the woman’s car was traveling north in the southbound lanes when it collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle.
Each car had one occupant. The woman’s next of kin have been notified.
The driver of the other car, a man in his 60s, was critically injured and transported to the trauma unit at Ullevål University Hospital. Police received several reports of the car driving in the wrong direction and were already on their way when the collision was reported.
Several people reportedly witnessed the crash, according to operations leader Torgeir Killi Haugstad, speaking to the local newspaper Romerikes Blad.
Police crime technicians and the accident investigation group of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration are examining the scene. Investigators are working to determine where and how the car ended up traveling in the wrong direction.
The southbound E6 is expected to remain closed until at least midnight. Traffic is being diverted at junction 56 Boksrud via County Road 1551 Trondheimsveien and back onto the southbound E6 at Nebbenes, according to police.
