Severe Car Accident in Bollnäs Leaves Several Injured

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Severe Car Accident in Bollnäs Leaves Several Injured
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Three passenger cars have collided on highway 83 in Bollnäs municipality in Hälsingland. Several people are seriously injured.

It is a very serious accident. At least eight people are involved, says Jimmy Andersson Taylor, alarm and management officer at the rescue service, to TT.

Several people are seriously injured and one of the cars has caught fire, according to the rescue service. An ambulance and police are also on the scene.

Now we are working on extinguishing the car, getting people out and providing medical care, says Jimmy Andersson Taylor.

The ambulance helicopter has also been called to the scene. Several people have been taken to hospital by ambulance, according to the police.

Two cars have collided head-on at high speed, according to the police.

And then another car has been involved in the accident, but I do not know exactly how, says the police's press spokesperson Magnus Jansson Klarin.

The cars will be seized to check for any technical faults on them.

The road is blocked in both directions and the salvage work is expected to take time.

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