The tourists are from the USA and Spain

All four passengers of the two cars that collided yesterday at Gígjukvísl River were foreigners.

They are tourists from the United States and Spain.

The age range of the tourists is wide, from their thirties to their fifties, and there were two passenger cars.

The technical department was called

Then the technical department of the police in the capital area was called to the scene, where the accident was assessed as serious. The investigation is still ongoing and the outcome is not clear.

Article on Iceland Monitor

Four were injured after a two car collision

This is confirmed by Þorsteinn M. Kristinsson, head deputy at the police in the South, in an interview with mbl.is.

Then Sveinn Kristján Rúnarsson, a senior police officer at the police in the south, says that the hearing is not over.

One has worse injuries than the other three

The police received a call about the accident, which happened near Gígjukvísl River on Skeiðarársandur, at 14:21 yesterday. The ring road was closed, and the Coast Guard's helicopter was sent to the scene.

All four people were taken to the National Hospital by helicopter, but one was said to have a worse injury than the other three, although it was not a life-threatening injury.