This is an archive article published on October 29, 2024
Tram crashes into store in central Oslo, injuring four people
Images from the scene showed a blue tram that had penetrated a computer store on the ground floor of a four-story building in the centre of the Norwegian capital.
Emergency workers at the scene of a derailed tram that crashed into a building in downtown Oslo, Norway, Tuesday Oct. 29, 2024. (Terje Pedersen/NTB Scanpix via AP)
A tram crashed into a store in central Oslo on Tuesday, injuring the driver and at least three other people, Norwegian police said.
Emergency services treated the wounded at the scene but none were believed to have severe injuries, a police statement said, adding there were around 20 passengers aboard the tram at the time of the collision.
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Images from the scene showed a blue tram that had penetrated a computer store on the ground floor of a four-story building in the centre of the Norwegian capital.
Demolition worker Thomas Larsen, 41, said he was driving down the street on an electric scooter, towards the tram, when it derailed in front of him.