5 die after Swedish school bus collision

Stockholm - Five people were killed yesterday when a school bus collided with a truck transporting timber in Sundsvall in central…

Stockholm - Five people were killed yesterday when a school bus collided with a truck transporting timber in Sundsvall in central Sweden.

The five included one girl and three boys aged 13 to 16 years, and the 69-year-old driver of the school bus. Eighteen people were reported to be in a serious condition, including the driver of the timber truck who suffered severe head injuries. According to Swedish news agency TT, the timber truck may have blown out a tire just prior to the accident.

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