Swedish train crash 'most likely' accident
A CLEANING lady accused of stealing a train and smashing it into a block of flats outside Stockholm this week, most likely set it in motion by accident, Swedish prosecutors say.
The train was traveling at 80km/h when it reached the end of the line and hurtled 25 meters in the snow, crashing into a three-story building in the upscale suburb of Salts joebaden in the small hours of Tuesday.
The woman, whose condition was described as "serious but stable" after the crash, was detained in hospital on suspicion of destroying public property.
But on Friday the prosecutor in the case said she was no longer suspected of wrongdoing.
"Everything suggests it was a pure accident where several temporary and unfortunate circumstances caused the woman to set the train in motion when she was cleaning," Paer Anderson said in a statement.
The train was traveling at 80km/h when it reached the end of the line and hurtled 25 meters in the snow, crashing into a three-story building in the upscale suburb of Salts joebaden in the small hours of Tuesday.
The woman, whose condition was described as "serious but stable" after the crash, was detained in hospital on suspicion of destroying public property.
But on Friday the prosecutor in the case said she was no longer suspected of wrongdoing.
"Everything suggests it was a pure accident where several temporary and unfortunate circumstances caused the woman to set the train in motion when she was cleaning," Paer Anderson said in a statement.
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