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Auto show in Oslo: car drives in grandstand
The police are investigating the scene of the accident. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/NTB/dpa
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Two cars are driving backwards at high speed. Then the accident happens. There are injured.
At a car show in the Norwegian capital Oslo, a car crashed into a grandstand, injuring at least seven people. The driver – a German – is accused of negligent driving, reported the Norwegian news agency NTB. The police in Oslo did not want to comment on the cause of the accident on Monday.
The motor show took place on Sunday evening in the parking lot in front of a trotting track. Videos in Norwegian media show two cars reversing at high speed and apparently trying to turn. One of the cars drives backwards into the grandstand.
Initially, eight were injured. According to the University Hospital in Oslo, no one was seriously or fatally injured in the incident.