Update at 18:00:

– We are first and foremost relieved that no one has died in the accident. According to what we have been told from Sweden, there are many injured in any case, and we are now working to obtain information about their condition. We are now working to take care of our students and their relatives in the best possible way, says Audun Grøm, Director of Education Quality Division.

NTNU set up a central emergency response to handle the incident.

A bus with a total of 57 people drove off the road on Saturday morning and overturned on European Road 45 near Vilhelmina in Sweden. 53 of the passengers are exchange students at NTNU of various nationalities, while one Norwegian citizen, a tour guide and student, were on the bus. There was a group of two buses going to Lapland in Finland.

The bus trip was organized by the Erasmus Student Network Trondheim, which is a voluntary organization for international students. The tour operator has stated that the uninjured students will be offered the opportunity to travel home to Trondheim. The other bus will continue to Lapland, as originally planned.

NTNU is establishing a psychosocial care service for students when they return to Trondheim. The Trondheim Student Association (SiT) is also assisting.

Corrections: 

18:35: European Student Network Trondheim was corrected to Erasmus Student Network Trondheim.
20:05: It was originally stated that three of the Norwegian students on the bus were tour guides. It is now stated that there was only one Norwegian tour guide, and that the other two were on the other of the two buses.