Ringebu E6 head-on collision closes highway, one dead, Digi Mart USA News (Ringebu, Norway): A passenger car and a truck collided on the E6 in Ringebu on Monday morning, according to the Norwegian news outlet NRK. Police described the crash as a head-on collision between the two vehicles.
Two people were involved in the accident. The driver of the passenger car died, and the family has been notified, police said in their police log.
Police crime technicians and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s accident analysis group are conducting investigations at the scene, according to police officer Ove Stian Ovrum, who wrote in the police log.
The E6 is closed in both directions and will remain closed for an extended period, police said. Vegtrafikksentralen Øst, the regional traffic center, said it is difficult to estimate how long the closure will last but that it will likely last several hours.
Traffic is being diverted via County Road 27 and 2578 for vehicles under 7.5 tonnes. Trucks and combination vehicles over 7.5 tonnes must use National Road 3 Østerdalen.
Traffic backed up on the E6 in Ringebu shortly after the crash, according to images published by Vegtrafikksentralen Øst.
The crash follows a fatal accident on Saturday on the E6 in Lillehammer, in Innlandet county, in which one person also died.
