Stockholm Bus โCrashโค Likely Accidental, Police Say
Stockholm,โข Sweden – Swedish police are currently investigating a Friday afternoon bus โฃcrash that left three โขpeople dead โฃand three injured as a likely accident, authorities saidโ Saturday. The โdouble-decker bus struckโ pedestrians at โขa bus stop in centralโค Stockholm during rush hour.
“According โto โthe elements thatโ we โhave analyzed at the moment, โtestimonies andโฃ photos in particular, nothing proves that the accident was intentional,” police โspokesperson Ola รsterling told AFP.
The bus driver is in custody โon suspicionโ of manslaughterโ and is currently hospitalized, รsterling added.
according toโค Swedish media reports, the driver was preparing to end his โshift when the incident occurred at approximately โข3 p.m. (1400 GMT).
Witness Linda Contreraz-Elfforsโค described the bus as traveling at โขa โhighโข speed.โ “We saw โtheโฃ bus โtraveling at quite a high speed. He smashed theโค bus shelter and we heard the glass breaking,” she told the daily Expressen. “The busโ did not try to brake,it hit a โขtree โฃorโ a lamp post and only after โthat it stopped.”
Police haveโ not yet releasedโ theโฃ identitiesโข of the victims and do not expect toโ do โso for several โdays.โค The investigation is ongoing.
