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Truck trailer skids into ditch, no leak reported

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Key Points
  • Truck with trailer skids into ditch, no leakage reported
  • Alarm at 16:58 on Friday, emergency services en route
  • Separate A-traktor incident at 12:00, traffic affected until after 18:00

A truck with a trailer skidded and the trailer ended up in a ditch in Sweden on Friday, with no leakage reported from the tanker, according to initial reports. The alarm about the incident came in at 16:58 on Friday, according to major media reports. Emergency services are on their way to the scene to check the incident. The cause of the skid remains unknown, and it is not yet clear if there are any injuries or what the condition of the driver is. The Swedish Transport Administration estimates that traffic will be affected until just after 18:00 in the evening. The extent of the traffic disruption is still being assessed, and it is unclear what type of cargo the tanker was carrying.

In a separate incident, an A-traktor drove into a ditch just east of a location reported by two sources. The alarm about that accident came in at 12:00, according to major media reports. The Swedish Transport Administration estimates that traffic will be affected until just after 18:00 in the evening. The extent of the traffic disruption is still being assessed, and it is unclear what type of cargo the tanker was carrying.

At lunchtime on Thursday, an alarm came in about an accident with a small motor vehicle in terrain in Timrå municipality, according to major media reports. No further details on that incident have been released.

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