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| Cleaner injured after 'driving stolen train into building' in Stockholm | Cleaner injured after 'driving stolen train into building' in Stockholm |
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| A cleaner stole an empty commuter train from a depot and drove it to a suburb of Stockholm where it derailed and slammed into an apartment building, officials have said. | A cleaner stole an empty commuter train from a depot and drove it to a suburb of Stockholm where it derailed and slammed into an apartment building, officials have said. |
| The woman was seriously injured in the early-morning crash and was flown to a Stockholm hospital, police spokesman Lars Bystrom said. No one else was injured. | The woman was seriously injured in the early-morning crash and was flown to a Stockholm hospital, police spokesman Lars Bystrom said. No one else was injured. |
| Bystrom said the woman was arrested on suspicion of endangering the public. | Bystrom said the woman was arrested on suspicion of endangering the public. |
| Tomas Hedenius, a spokesman for the train operator Arriva, said the woman, born in 1990, stole the four-car train at a depot outside Stockholm. | Tomas Hedenius, a spokesman for the train operator Arriva, said the woman, born in 1990, stole the four-car train at a depot outside Stockholm. |
| She then drove it about a mile (1.6km) to the end station on the railway line, where it jumped off the tracks, careered for about 25 metres and crashed into a three-storey building. | She then drove it about a mile (1.6km) to the end station on the railway line, where it jumped off the tracks, careered for about 25 metres and crashed into a three-storey building. |
| Photographs from the scene showed the crumpled front car of the train buried deep into the structure. | Photographs from the scene showed the crumpled front car of the train buried deep into the structure. |
| "There were three families inside the apartment building, but no one was injured. At least not physically," Hedenius said. | "There were three families inside the apartment building, but no one was injured. At least not physically," Hedenius said. |
| The motives of the woman, who worked for a company contracted to carry out cleaning for the train operator, were not immediately clear. | The motives of the woman, who worked for a company contracted to carry out cleaning for the train operator, were not immediately clear. |
| "We have only heard good things about her. We're investigating how this could happen, and why she did what she did," Hedenius said. | "We have only heard good things about her. We're investigating how this could happen, and why she did what she did," Hedenius said. |
| He said it was unclear how she got the keys to the train, but added that driving it was not that complicated. | He said it was unclear how she got the keys to the train, but added that driving it was not that complicated. |
| "Generally speaking that's possible even if you're not a train driver," he said. "You can read about it on the internet, or observe how others do it." | "Generally speaking that's possible even if you're not a train driver," he said. "You can read about it on the internet, or observe how others do it." |
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