Several killed and injured after bus crash in Stockholm, police say

A number of people have been killed and others injured after a double-decker bus hit a stop in central Stockholm, according to Swedish police.

Police said that several people were hit, but they weren’t immediately giving information on the number of people involved.

A spokesperson for Stockholm’s emergency services told Swedish news agency TT they were handling five victims, two of whom were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

There was a heavy emergency service presence at the scene. / Credit: TT News Agency

Authorities were alerted to the crash at 3:23 pm on Friday. The bus stop that was rammed was on Valhallavägen, a street in the Swedish capital’s Östermalm district.

Police were treating the crash as “involuntary manslaughter” but were still investigating. It wasn’t immediately clear what the cause was.

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 be have been seriously damaged.

Police stand at the scene where double-decker bus crashed into a bus shelter in Stockholm / Credit: AP

Emergency services said the vehicle — a regular city bus — was not in service and no passengers were on board, TT reported.

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 said 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.”