A highway collapse of more than 100 meters in height

Part of the European Route 6 linking Trelleborg in Sweden to Kirkenes in Norway via Oslo collapsed on Saturday, September 23, near Gothenburg in southwestern Sweden, emergency services and police said.

The landslide occurred shortly before 2 a.m. “About ten vehicles, a wooded area and a commercial area including a gas station and a fast food restaurant were affected.”Daniel Licklid, director of emergency services for the Gothenburg region, said in a statement: Emergency services said that the most affected area covers an area of ​​100 meters by 150 metres, but in total, the landslide extends over an area of ​​approximately 700 meters by 200 metres.

Three people were taken to hospital “Minor injuries” After the collapse in Stennongsund (📍50 kilometers north of Gothenburg, police spokesman August Brandt said.

Several weeks of work are expected

Local media images show a large hole stretching more than a hundred metres, with several trucks damaged and tilted while a bus sank into a hole. Large cracks cracked in the parking lot of a gas station and the roof of a nearby Burger King fast food restaurant partially collapsed. The wooded area has calmed noticeably.

Preliminary investigation of ‘Increasing general devastation’It has been opened and investigators will question employees at a nearby construction site where the explosions occurred, police said in a statement. “It is not certain whether there is a link between the bombing, work at the site and the collapse.”The police add.

The risk of further landslides cannot be ruled out at this stage, according to emergency services. The Swedish National Transport Administration plans to close this section of the E6 motorway for several weeks.