Update: Rescue teams find no tourists and no cars on mountain road

No sign of cars or any tourists despite the emergency …

No sign of cars or any tourists despite the emergency call. mbl.is/Eggert

The Landsbjörg SAR teams found not a single one of the 10 - 20 cars reportedly stuck on the Nesjavallavegur road close to Þingvellir.  "Must have been a misunderstanding," says Jónas Guðmundsson, project manager at Landsbjörg. "Either that, or it we were misinformed."

Three to four rescue vehicles arrived at the scene. "Possibly the drivers thought they were stuck but weren't. Or, it's possible that they were rescued before we arrived," says Guðmundsson. 

"At least we prefer nothing being wrong than something being wrong," he finally added. 

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