An intense snowstorm in eastern Sweden on Saturday caused two major road accidents involving dozens of vehicles, resulting in over 100 people requiring hospital treatment. Footage showed numerous cars and trucks colliding, many heavily damaged and covered in snow. The accidents strained the healthcare system in the Uppsala region, prompting emergency measures from local authorities. Hospitals eventually gained control of the situation, with two people in intensive care.
Stockholm—An intense snowstorm in eastern Sweden on Saturday sparked two massive road accidents involving dozens of vehicles and leaving more than 100 people needing hospital treatment, officials said.Local media outlets carried footage showing dozens of cars and trucks ramming into each other, many of them largely destroyed, all of them covered in snow.
By the evening, the hospitals had begun to get the situation back under control, regional health official Mikael Kohler told Agence France-Presse.'A total of 106 people have been taken to hospital for treatment following the accident on the E18,' he said, referring to the road where officials said some 95 vehicles had collided.Two of the injured were held in intensive care on Saturday evening, Kohler said.
ACCIDENTS SNOWSTORM TRANSPORTATION HEALTHCARE SWEDEN
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