Over 1,000 cars were stuck in the large car queue on road E22 in Skåne on Wednesday. As of Thursday morning, hundreds are still stuck.
“About a hundred people have been able to be picked up from their cars with the Armed Forces’ tracked wagons and taken to Hörby municipality’s collection point,” says Philip Annaspress spokesperson at the police in Skåne.
One who is still in the queue is Jimmie Andersson, who has been stuck for almost a day. He tells SVT that he passed the time with the help of coffee and social media, but that he did not dare to sleep in order not to miss any information.
“It’s tiring and drowsy in the head,” he says to SVT.
Calling for food and water
In several groups on Facebook, including the girl group Pink Room, the large car queue engaged many people during yesterday evening and night. In several posts, people have called for food and water for themselves or relatives in line.
One of them is diabetic Norah Andersen which was stuck for over 21 hours.
— My adrenaline has gone up and down, but that’s probably because I have diabetes. And now I’ve been sitting here without food for almost a day, so I’ve been very anxious for my blood sugar to drop, she says to Sweden’s radio and continues:
— But I got hold of an energy drink from a motorist here in front of me, so it stabilized a bit.
Stuck 19 hours
One of those who received help during the morning is Erika Sepeliovaite who together with her dog and her two children were stuck for 19 hours.
— It is terrible to sit and wait without any success. We need water, she said during Thursday morning, she tells The evening paper.
Another is Malin Johansson from Åhus who was stuck on the highway for 17 hours but was able to drive from the scene at 04.30 when the emergency services cut up the center rail. Then they had neither eaten nor drunk since breakfast.
— First they said that the road would open up at 6 p.m., then it was pushed forward to 24, but it still took until 04.30 before we could drive from there, she says to The Express.