Youth seriously injured in road accident

A cyclist has been hit in central Skellefteå.

Fire service, ambulance and police were all called to the scene.

Fire service, ambulance and police were all called to the scene.

Foto: Victor Svenfelt

Skellefteå2023-09-11 10:16

The alarm about the accident came in at 08:28 on Monday morning.

Update 08.45:

The accident has occurred near Eddahallen, outside Praktiska gymnasiet.

– Ambulance, fire department, and police are on the scene. A person is on a stretcher and is being placed in the ambulance, says Victor Svenfelt, Norran's correspondent on the scene.

Norrbölegatan is closed to traffic.

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Michaela Fällman, police.

Update 08.54:

It is a cyclist who has been hit by a car. The ambulance has taken the person to Skellefteå Hospital.

–There is blood on the road that the fire department is currently washing off. The police are conducting interviews at the scene, says Svenfelt.

The fire department is getting ready to leave the scene after the road has been washed, says André Waplan from the fire department.

– We have no update on the cyclist's condition. But it was serious enough that the person needed to be taken to the hospital by ambulance, he says.

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André Waplan, fire department.

Update 09.00:

The police report that the driver was driving at about 30 kilometers per hour when the accident occurred.

– It was a cyclist and a car that collided. The cyclist was not wearing a helmet, says police officer Michaela Fällman.

The driver escaped without injuries, and there were only minor dents on the car, she says.

–The cyclist has been taken to the hospital. We are currently investigating the accident, says Fällman.

Update 10.45:

The cyclist who was hit is being treated for serious injuries.

– It is a person under the age of 18. It is a serious injury, says Simon Hedström, healthcare manager on site.

The article will be updated