Roadworks force ambulance to take detour during emergency transport

An ambulance on an emergency transport had to take a detour through heavy traffic on Wednesday afternoon because roadworks had closed a ramp, mbl.is reported. Milling and paving work on the ramp from Bústaðavegur to Kringlumýrarbraut, heading south, caused congestion.

“We had to deviate a little because of the closures,” Guðjón Ingason, a watch commander with the capital-area fire service, told mbl.is. The ambulance went via Hamrahlíð to reach Kringlumýrarbraut.

Ingason said the closure had little effect on emergency driving that day, as only one emergency transport needed to pass through the area.

Further paving work had been planned for today at the junction of Kringlumýrarbraut and Laugavegur, as well as on the ramp from Bústaðavegur to Kringlumýrarbraut. The work was postponed because of the weather after snow fell in the capital area this morning.