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'' The car is Petter Northug been involved in a serious car accident at 5:35 this morning near Trondheim. Still unknown who was driving.
Sunday 4 May 2014 2 minutes reading time
Neither the manager of the Norwegian skier nor Police have declined to confirm who was driving the car and who it was'' all'' inside the same, the only information provided by the police indicate that on board there were two young people who were born in 1986 (year of birth Petter Northug) and in 1991.
According to a report from the head of the Norwegian adressa.no, the driver would have run away from the scene of the accident'' at the time of arrival of relief'','' probably scared from having driven while intoxicated. The cause of the accident appears to have been'' l'' speeding, on a stretch of road where the limit is 40 km / h and in which, moreover, it had snowed recently.
The driver is was traced by police through the use of'' unit dogs at his residence, while the passenger was taken to hospital because of their injuries.
The manager of Northug said only that the'' athlete at the moment is talking to the police to clarify the'' incident, without adding any details about it.
The police has just declared all'' Norwegian broadcaster TV 2 that both the young are accused of driving while intoxicated.
More updates and information will come in the next few hours.
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