The Savonlinna parish announced that a funeral service will be held in the Savonlinna cathedral on Sunday evening.
31.7. 18:41
On the weekend young people who were killed in a traffic accident were remembered on Sunday in Savonlinna with both a mourning flag and a mourning devotion. Three young people died early on Saturday in an accident on Rantasalmentie in Savonlinna. The fourth passenger in the car was seriously injured.
“We have been met with shocking sad news today. We take part in the great sadness of the relatives”, the city of Savonlinna commented on what happened on its Facebook page on Saturday.
The Savonlinna parish announced that a funeral service will be held in the Savonlinna cathedral on Sunday evening. It was said that professional helpers and church workers would arrive at the scene.
“This is quite a sad and touching event for a small village,” described the inspector Jyrki Koskinen accident from the Eastern Finland Police to STT on Saturday.
Four the young person’s party was on the move in a car early on Saturday, which drove into the pavement of the middle lane of the carriageways and from there into the area between the carriageways with the right side in front, Eastern Finland police said. The car crashed into a traffic light post and became unusable due to the collision.
Three people from Savonlinna, aged around 20, who were in the car, died in the accident. The police have not disclosed the exact ages or genders of those who were killed. The seriously injured person was taken to Kuopio University Hospital.
So far, there is no more detailed information about the cause of the accident.
“Most likely, the situational speed has been quite fair and control of the car has been lost,” inspector Koskinen estimated on Saturday.
The accident happened in an area where the speed limit is 60 kilometers per hour. It rained a lot during the event. The police have said that they do not suspect that alcohol or drugs played a role in what happened.
The police have continued to investigate the course of events, and no new information about the accident was reported on Sunday. The police are scheduled to announce more about the incident on Monday.
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