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20 people were injured when a passenger boat collided with a dock in Barentsburg on Sunday. Several wounded were taken to Tromsø for treatment.
No one was injured in the incident, but one person was seriously injured, the Governor informed.
The police were told that the tourist boat is the catamaran. a dock in Barentsburg at 10:15 am Sunday.
According to NRK, a total of 20 people were injured.
Six people were sent to the Barentsburg Hospital immediately after the accident. Several other wounded were repatriated to Longyearbyen with helicopters.
– We have our own crew and two rescue helicopters, and we are getting help from the Red Cross and the local Coast Guard, "Governor Arve Johnsen said on Sunday. 19659002] According to NRK, the University Hospital of Northern Norway (UNN) in Tromsø has sent a team of nine doctors and nurses to Svalbard to assist in the treatment of patients. They land at Longyearbyen at 2 pm
– It is necessary to increase the capacity there, says Hilde Annie Pettersen, Communications Officer at UNN
Two of the patients were sent to Tromsø for further processing and four are considered sent. The rest is treated locally.
The ship collided, carrying tourists and day passengers between Longyearbyen and the Russian colony and the mining town of Barentsburg.
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