Snow wreaks havoc on Sweden's roadways
Published: 17 Dec 09 16:34 CET | Print version
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Heavy snowfall and high winds continued to disrupt traffic in many parts of Sweden into Thursday afternoon.
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“The E4 motorway is extremely slippery. A number of trucks have gone off the road,” said Södermanland County police spokesperson Hans Erik Åkerlund.
In Stockholm County, city buses were ordered off the roads around lunchtime in several municipalities in the north of the city, as well as in Huddinge, Botkyrka, Södertälje, Ösmo, Nacka, and Värmdö to the south and Ekerö to the west due to icy conditions and poor visibility.
Commuter rail lines were also running behind schedule because of malfunctioning track switches.
On the Baltic island of Gotland, the rough weather caused the cancellation of several school bus routes.
Police in Stockholm, Östergötland and Gävleborg counties report several cases of cars sliding off slippery roads as a result of the day’s snowy weather.
One 30-year-old man was injured at 7am when his car slammed into a guardrail around on the E4 motorway near Hagsta north of Gävle in eastern Sweden.
The man was taken to hospital and the wreck resulted in a temporary closure of the roadway.
Extremely slippery road conditions also plagued many parts in the south of the country, with accidents numbering in the double digits, although no serious injuries were reported.
Rail traffic out of Malmö in southern Sweden was also delayed throughout Thursday morning due to the fierce conditions.
According to meteorology agency SMHI, the heavy snowfall currently pummeling central and eastern Sweden is expected to weaken as it moves further south overnight.
By Friday, only residents in Skåne and Blekinge in southern Sweden are expected be forced to deal with additional snowfall.
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...and these are the so-called experts at dealing with winter conditions,..LOL.
Do you get that tv show in Sweden by any chance?
I am living 3 month here, and I talked to my landlord about my journey to return home, since the busses were off; and she replied "that was very fortunate that trains were not shut down!"
I hope train system not shut down during my stay!
Jack, I think that much of the trouble here with chaos when it snows seems to increase after several winters of mild conditions: people keep putting off getting snow tires on their cars and then something like this hits them unexpectedly. My husband is one of these procrastinators. Had to take out my car yesterday as a result. Those people who have only one car and no snow tires...
that's funny; I had a fairly new Ford bump in from behind into our old Saab 900 classic, guess what...; moderate damage to the Ford, and NO damaga to the old Saab....