A double-decker bus plowed into a bus stop in Stockholm on Friday afternoon, killing three people and injuring three others in one of the capital’s deadliest recent transport accidents, according to police.
Authorities said they received reports of the crash at 3:23 p.m. The bus, which was not in service and carrying no passengers, drove into a bus shelter along Valhallavägen in the Östermalm district, a busy corridor in the city’s northern sector near the Royal Institute of Technology. Photos from the scene showed the front of the vehicle heavily damaged after striking the structure.
Police opened an investigation on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter, though the cause of the crash remains unclear. Swedish news agency TT reported that the driver was detained and would be questioned as part of the inquiry. Emergency officials confirmed that only the driver was aboard at the time.
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.” He added that while the cause is still unknown, his thoughts were with the victims and their families.
