Tow truck driver makes amazing escape
Published: 03 Apr 2012 09:52 GMT+02:00 | Print version
Updated: 03 Apr 2012 09:52 GMT+02:00
A Lithuanian truck driver broke several bones while a tow truck driver made a last-ditch escape as both vehicles veered over the side of a cliff in northern Norway on Sunday.
- Lightning bolt kills cow trio (23 Sep 11)
- Melting glacier drops Dark Age jacket (09 Sep 11)
- Woman gored by hormonal bull elk (06 Sep 11)
Extraordinary footage shot from another vehicle shows the driver of the tow truck jumping out at the last moment before his vehicle slides over the guard rail and plummets toward the fjord below near Leirosen, some 700 kilometres north of Oslo.
The 49-year-old truck driver was not so fortunate. He was airlifted to hospital after his rig tumbled 65 metres down the precipice.
Sandnessjøen hospital reported that his condition was serious but stable after the driver suffered multiple broken bones in the fall.
Loaded with a cargo of fish, the truck came to a standstill at 9.30am on Sunday. Not equipped with the right winter tyres, the truck slid off the road shortly before midday, bringing the tow truck with it.
Jobs in Norway
|
Senior Project Manager
Location: Stavanger
|
|
Project Coordinator - IKM Uniteam Offshore AS (Sola)
Location: Sola
|
|
Senior maintenance Engineer
Location: Forus
|
|
Wind assessment and park design Oslo/Stavanger
Location: Oslo
|
|
Maintenance Engineer Mechanical
Location: Stavanger
|
|
Estimator /Senior Estimator
Location: Asker
|
|
Product manager ? operator environment
Location: Kristiansand
|
|
Senior Buyer
Location: Bærums Verk
|
|
Senior JBoss Consultant - Norway
Location: Oslo
|
|
Geoscience Application Support Consultant
Location: Stavanger
|
|
Commercial Contract Manager
Location: Norge
|
|
Technical safety senior engineer
Location: Oslo
|
|
MCS Project Engineering Manager
Location: Sandvika
|
|
Lead Subsea Connection Engineer
Location: Sandvika
|
|
MCS Project Engineering Manager
Location: Trondheim
|
|
Experienced Structural Engineer
Location: Sandvika
|
|
Experienced Piping Engineer
Location: Sandvika
|
|
Project manager
Location: Stavanger
|
|
Experienced Materials Engineer ? Subsea Technology
Location: Sandvika
|
|
Experienced Piping Engineer
Location: Sandvika
|
|
|
|
|
|
More news from Sweden at thelocal.se
More news from Germany at thelocal.de
- 18/06 Basel striker bound for German transfer: reports »
- 18/06 Students trash Zurich high school in 'prank' »
More news from Switzerland at thelocal.ch
- 18/06 Why France needs a total ban on smacking kids »
- 18/06 Concerns mount as Lourdes flood waters rise »
More news from France at thelocal.fr
Troika statement on Sudan and South Sudan (Fri, 14 Jun)
Following is the text of a joint statement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Government intends to ratify Nuclear Terrorism Convention (Fri, 14 Jun)
The Government intends to ratify the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (Nuclear Terrorism Convention). One of the main purposes of the Convention is to prevent terrorist groups from gaining access to nuclear weapons and other nuclear material.
India in Svalbard (Wed, 12 Jun)
India’s interest in the Arctic is growing. 12 June Indian Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid and Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide met Indian researchers in Ny-Ålesund and Longyearbyen.
Conference report "Right-wing Extremism and Hate Crime" (Tue, 11 Jun)
In May 2013, international experts and stakeholders gathered in Oslo for a two-day conference on right-wing extremism and hate crime directed towards minorities in Europe and beyond. Now you can read the report from the conference.
- Senior Project Manager
- Project Coordinator - IKM Uniteam Offshore AS (Sola)
- Senior maintenance Engineer
- Wind assessment and park design Oslo/Stavanger
- Maintenance Engineer Mechanical
- Estimator /Senior Estimator
- Product manager ? operator environment
- Senior Buyer
- Senior JBoss Consultant - Norway
- Geoscience Application Support Consultant
Your comments about this article:
The comments below have not been moderated in advance and are not produced by The Local unless clearly stated. Readers are responsible for the content of their own comments. Comments that breach our terms and conditions will be removed.