Bus crashes into a bus stop in Stockholm and causes fatalities, police say

STOCKHOLM AP A double-decker bus crashed into a bus stop in Stockholm on Friday causing fatalities and injuries police noted Police stated that several people were hit but they weren t forthwith giving information on their number gender or ages Administration were alerted to the crash at p m on Friday The conveyance rammed into the bus shelter on Valhallav gen a street in the Swedish capital s stermalm district The area is in the northern part of the city near the Royal Institute of Machinery Police were treating the crash as involuntary manslaughter but were still reviewing It wasn t without delay clear what the cause was Swedish news agency TT noted police approved that the driver had been detained and would be questioned to determine what happened The front of the bus appeared to be have been seriously damaged Exigency services explained the truck a regular city bus was not in operation and no passengers were on board TT broadcasted It quoted a spokesperson for the Stockholm region Michelle Marcher as saying that we in the present have five casualties two of whom are seriously injured and have been taken to hospital Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X 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 He mentioned that 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 Source