Swedish train crashes into passengers, 3 dead

The victims - a 25-year-old man, a woman in her 20s and a third person who has not been identified - were crossing the tracks without seeing the approaching freight train, Felicia Davidsson, a spokeswoman for the Swedish Transport Agency, told broadcaster SVT.

A train station in Sweden. Photo: AP

Police said on Thursday that the accident was under investigation. The crossing had only lights to warn of oncoming trains. Police said emergency services were called late on Wednesday to the accident at the station in Orebro and were told that three passengers were “very seriously injured”.

In 2017, a man died at a similar crossing in Orebro, about 100 miles west of Stockholm. The Swedish news agency TT reported that there had been discussions about closing the station, but many people used it to get to work so it remained open.

Hoang Anh (according to SVT, Independent, AP)

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