According to major media reports, a car drove about 20 meters into the Spar Sluppan store in Kragerø on Monday evening. Police responded to a report that a car drove into a building in Kragerø, with the car reported to have driven about 20 meters into a grocery store. Several store shelves are reported to have been knocked over.
There were two employees and few customers in the store when the incident happened, and sources indicate that no people were physically injured. The driver of the car has been interrogated and had their driver's license confiscated, with police interrogating the driver to map out the course of events. Police station chief Øystein Skottmyr said earlier today that it appears to have been an accident.
We are very impressed with the employees and those who have come to help.
About 16 hours after the incident, the store was ready to reopen, according to Trine Lise Hedemann, communications manager at Spar. ' She added, 'The employees are doing well and our focus now is to support them. ' The cause of the car driving into the store remains unknown, and the extent of property damage has not been detailed.
Police continue their investigation into the matter.
The employees are doing well and our focus now is to support them. All employees, including those who were not at work when it happened, have had a debrief and follow-up conversations today.