Two tourists in car that entered Kleifá river
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The occupants of the car that ended up in the Kleifá river yesterday were foreign tourists. Jónas Hallgrímur Ottósson, chief superintendent with Lögreglan á Vesturlandi (West Iceland Police), says the emergency call was received at 10:30. Other motorists reported the accident to police. The car ended up in Kleifá, a short distance from Vatnaleið. Assistance was requested from rescue teams, and a Landhelgisgæsla Íslands (Icelandic Coast Guard) helicopter was dispatched. "One of the occupants managed to get out, but the other couldn't and was only able to get out when the rescue teams arrived…
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same car-in-Kleifá incident with foreign tourists, and nothing it states about location or occupants conflicts with Report 1.
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