Several people were killed and others injured when a bus rammed into a bus stop queue in central Stockholm during Friday\u2019s afternoon rush hour, police said.<\/p>\n
Shortly after the crash, images in Swedish media showed a swarm of police, ambulances and emergency vehicles at the scene, with rescue crews crouched down along the underside of the double-decker bus, appearing to help people trapped underneath.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are both injured and deceased people in the incident. Police are for the moment not commenting on the number, gender or ages of the victims,\u201d said a police statement.<\/p>\n
Health authorities spokeswoman Michelle Marcher told AFP that two seriously injured people had been transported to the hospital.<\/p>\n
Police spokesperson Nadya Norton said the cause of the accident was still unknown.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe investigation will have to determine what happened. It\u2019s too early to say and I don\u2019t want to speculate,\u201d she told AFP.<\/p>\n
She said the bus driver had been arrested and a manslaughter investigation had been opened as a matter of routine.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to question him, then we\u2019ll see if he\u2019s going to be released or detained,\u201d Norton said.<\/p>\n
Police received the first reports of the accident at 3:23pm (1423 GMT).<\/p>\n
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his thoughts were with the victims and their families.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have received the tragic news that several people have died and been injured at a bus stop in central Stockholm,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople who might have been on their way home to family, friends, or a quiet evening at home. We do not yet know the cause, but right now my thoughts are primarily with those affected and their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Chaos\u2019
\nA woman identified as Michelle Mac Key told the daily Expressen she stepped off another bus at the scene just after the accident happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cI crossed the road and saw the double-decker bus that had mowed down an entire bus stop queue,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
People were screaming and trying to help the injured.<\/p>\n
She said she saw both injured and dead people lying on the ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere must have been more people under the bus,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
A nurse by profession, she and another man, who was a doctor, offered their help to the police when they arrived.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey told us to stand next to the dead bodies,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was an exercise at first. That maybe they were dolls. It was so unreal. Chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another woman who lives in the neighbourhood told daily Aftonbladet she heard a loud crash.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was lying in bed in my room, heard a loud crash and I heard several people scream. I ran to the window and saw a bus that had crashed and several people lying on the ground,\u201d said the woman, who was not identified by name.<\/p>\n
Two hours after the crash, a section of the busy Valhallavagen avenue was still blocked off. Police technicians were working at the scene but emergency vehicles had left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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