Road authority prepares to level boulder at fatal crash site

Iceland’s Road Administration is preparing to level a large boulder beside Krýsuvíkurvegur, where three young people died in a crash in August, mbl.is reported on Saturday.

Before work can begin, the authority needs an implementation permit and an opinion from the Institute of Natural History, G. Pétur Matthíasson of the Road Administration said.

The three died when their car left the road at high speed and struck the boulder beside the roadside. The crash drew attention to conditions on that stretch of road. The Road Administration said after the accident that it wanted to remove the boulder and review road markings.

A motorcyclist also died at the same spot in 2007 after leaving the road and hitting the boulder.