full screen One of the Swedish Maritime Administration’s rescue helicopters is participating in the search. Archive image. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT
A smaller boat has capsized and sunk in the sea outside Halmstad. Two people have been rescued from the water, while a third person is missing.
– We are still looking for the third person, and the people who were picked up have been taken care of by ambulance, said Sara Eriksson, press manager at the Swedish Maritime Administration at 1:30 p.m.
Resources from the rescue service, the police, the Maritime Rescue Society and the Maritime Administration are on site. Among other things, a helicopter participates in the search.
The alarm about the accident came in at 12:30 on Sunday.