A woman at the age of 20 was killed in a fatal car accident in Alftafjordur in the northwestern part of the country today, according to Morgunbladid. The woman, who was driving the car, died after being transfered over to Reykjavik hospital via an emergency flight. There were two passengers in the car who suffered minor injuries and are currently being treated at a hospital in the city of Isafjordur in the north western fjords.
All passengers including the driver were foreigners and on vacation travelling in Iceland. The car was found off the shore of the Aflta Fjord.
Marion: I realize how it sounded, that’s why I specified I wasn’t being sarcastic. I’m sorry to hear she was your friend.
Here in France, we’ve had about 450 deaths just last month, and that’s about half what it used to be some years ago. You can understand that we seldom, if ever, see news entries about this, even though all of them are somebody’s friend, spouse or other. That’s why I was intrigued by this post. The fact I’ll be driving in Iceland for about two weeks this summer only added to my interest in the question. Thanks Axel for clarifying it for me.
Ross Carlson: I’m very sorry but it sounds like a sarcastic question! It was my frined too:-(
ross carlson: she was my friend..
A correction, the accidents this year have not been added to the map, you can only see last year and the years before,
there is a counter at http://us.is/ that shows the number of deaths this year, its up to 8 now.
There are not many fatal accidents in Icelandic traffic,
this map shows all car accidents so far this year
8 people killed so far, fatal accidents are marked with a red dot
http://us.is/slysakort.html
this is a part of a attempt to teach tourists to drive in Iceland,
http://us.is/id/2693
Are car accidents in Iceland so rare that one of them warrants a news entry? (not a sarcastic question)
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I hope she pulls through ok. Thank God the others only suffered minor injuries.