Several injured in tram derailment in Swedish city Gothenburg
A tram derailment in central Gothenburg has resulted in several people being hurt including one serious injury, police said on Friday.
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A tram crashed into a food stand (gatukök) on Gothenburg's busy Avenyn boulevard in the early hours of Friday, causing several injuries.
Three people remain in hospital as of Friday afternoon, with one of them in serious condition according to news wire TT.
The tram is reported to have derailed on a bend at the intersection of Vasagatan and Avenyn before crashing into the food stand.
Emergency services were alerted at 12:49am on Friday.
'The speed [of the tram] was so high that the tram not only derailed, it continued straight across the asphalt and quite far onto the pavement on the opposite side,' on-duty police officer Morten Gunneng told TT.
The tram then crashed into the street food kiosk, which was completely destroyed. The tram also sustained extensive damage from the collision.
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Seven people including the tram's driver were injured. Three are reportedly hospitalised at the time of writing.
One of them is seriously injured but in stable condition, a spokesperson for the hospital in Gothenburg told TT.
The tram has now been removed from the scene of the accident but public transport will be diverted away from Avenyn throughout Friday's Midsummer celebrations, police said on Friday afternoon.
Police have opened a preliminary investigation into the cause of the crash including the possibility of dangerous driving, TT reports.
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