Weather
Fog Blankets Northern Highways, Causing Multi-Vehicle Pileup
Dense fog reduced visibility to under 50 metres across the northern motorway network, leading to a chain-reaction crash involving 14 vehicles.
By Admin | 13 mars 2026
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A thick fog bank that settled over the northern motorway corridor overnight caused a 14-vehicle pileup near Gävle early this morning, injuring nine people.
Emergency services closed a 30-kilometre stretch of the E4 for five hours while crews cleared wreckage and treated casualties. None of the injuries are life-threatening.
Meteorologist Per Eklund explained that a temperature inversion trapped moisture near the ground: "Drivers went from clear conditions to near-zero visibility in seconds."
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