More than 30 people injured in a boat accident in Svalbard

33 wounded were passengers, shipowner Vidar Arnesen told Svalbardposten on Sunday night. The other injured worked on the boat.

It was 10:15 am Police were informed that the tourist boat, which is the type of catamaran, collided with a dock in Barentsburg. There were 121 passengers and a crew of four on board

Several flew to Tromsø

Four wounded were sent to the Tromsø Nord-Norge University Hospital (NNU) with a robbery. ;ambulance.

– We received four passengers. There are two men and two women, all French. In addition, two patients are transiting by plane, and it is expected to send four patients from Longyearbyen to Tromsø overnight, says communications officer Hilde Pettersen at the UNN in Svalbard on Sunday evening

Moderate or severely damaged

Pettersen announces to NTB that the four who have already arrived in Tromsø all have moderate or seriously injured status.

– We always consider your condition. The two people on board the plane, and the four who are scheduled to fly here at night, also have a moderate or seriously injured injury status, says Pettersen.

Six wounded are expected in Tromsø during the evening.

Several Helicopters

Several people were sent to the Barentsburg Hospital after the accident. Others were brought back to Longyearbyen with helicopters

– We mounted our own crew and two rescue helicopters, and we are assisted by the local Red Cross and Coast Guard, said Governor Arve Johnsen at NTB Sunday afternoon. transports tourists and day passengers between Longyearbyen and the Russian colony and the mining town of Barentsburg.

The cause of the accident is not known.