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| Viola Beach: Indie band's driver 'plunged off bridge intentionally', say Swedish police | Viola Beach: Indie band's driver 'plunged off bridge intentionally', say Swedish police |
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| Swedish police are reportedly investigating whether the driver of the car carrying British indie band Viola Beach deliberately drove off a bridge into a canal. | Swedish police are reportedly investigating whether the driver of the car carrying British indie band Viola Beach deliberately drove off a bridge into a canal. |
| Four members of the group died in the incident along with their manager, Craig Tarry, in Sodertalje, near Stockholm. | Four members of the group died in the incident along with their manager, Craig Tarry, in Sodertalje, near Stockholm. |
| The identity of the driver is yet to be revealed, although investigators did he had no alcohol or drugs in his blood. | The identity of the driver is yet to be revealed, although investigators did he had no alcohol or drugs in his blood. |
| Lars Berglund, one of the police investigators, told Aftonbladet: "We can’t find any secondary explanation. | Lars Berglund, one of the police investigators, told Aftonbladet: "We can’t find any secondary explanation. |
| "It looked like the driver acted deliberately." | "It looked like the driver acted deliberately." |
| Aftobladet viewed CCTV footage of the incident, which they said showed the band's black Nissan QashQai overtaking two vehicles and using the hard shoulder before crashing through the barrier - which was closed while the bridge was raised to allow an oil tanker ship to pass in the canal underneath. | Aftobladet viewed CCTV footage of the incident, which they said showed the band's black Nissan QashQai overtaking two vehicles and using the hard shoulder before crashing through the barrier - which was closed while the bridge was raised to allow an oil tanker ship to pass in the canal underneath. |
| The car broke through a further barrier, hit the partially lifed bridge before plunging around 25m into the canal. | |
| Witness Kent Udden told the paper: "We didn't see any brake lights. When he passed the first barrier, it would have been obvious that this is something you shouldn't pass. | |
| "We saw no signs that he was slowing down." | |
| Mr Berglund added: "From what I can see, most of them died when the car hit the bridge." | |
| The rental vehicle was almost new and had no apparent faults. | The rental vehicle was almost new and had no apparent faults. |