Bus crash in Sweden's capital Stockholm causes several casualties
The bus crashed in Ostermalm in Sweden's capital Stockholm. (TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via Reuters)
In short:
Swedish authorities have said a bus crash in Stockholm has caused several casualties.
The empty bus ploughed into a bus stop in the Östermalm district, in the city's north.
Police were treating the crash as "involuntary manslaughter" but were still investigating.
A double-decker bus crashed into a bus stop in Stockholm on Friday, killing at least three people and injuring three others, police said.
Authorities were alerted to the crash at 3:23pm on Friday.
The vehicle rammed into the bus shelter on Valhallavägen, a street in the Swedish capital's Östermalm district.
The area is in the northern part of the city, near the Royal Institute of Technology.
Emergency services remained at the scene for several hours following the incident. (TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via Reuters)
Police were treating the crash as "involuntary manslaughter" but were still investigating.
It wasn't immediately clear what the cause was.
Swedish news agency TT said police confirmed that the driver had been detained and would be questioned to determine what happened.
The front of the bus appeared to have been seriously damaged.
The incident occurred near the Royal Institute of Technology university, police said. (AP: Claudio Bresciani)
Emergency services said the vehicle — a standard city bus — was not in service and no passengers were on board at the time of the crash, TT reported.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X that he had "received the tragic news that several people have been killed and injured at a bus stop".
"People who were perhaps on their way home to family, friends, or a quiet evening at home.
"We do not yet know the cause of this, but right now my thoughts are primarily with those who have been affected and their families."
AP