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Five people die after car plunges into Swedish canal | Five people die after car plunges into Swedish canal |
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Five people were killed in Stockholm when their car plunged more than 25 metres off a bridge that was closing and into a canal, Swedish police have said. | |
Police spokeswoman Eva Nilsson said that divers recovered the bodies of five men born between 1983 and 1996. None have been identified. | |
The cause of the accident on the E4 highway in Stockholm’s Södertälje district was not known. | The cause of the accident on the E4 highway in Stockholm’s Södertälje district was not known. |
Swedish media said it is believed the car smashed into a road barrier and then plunged into the water. At the time of the pre-dawn accident on Saturday, the bridge over the Södertälje canal was closing after it had been opened to let a vessel sail through. Its warning lamps were flashing and two barriers were blocking the road. |