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| Stockholm train crashed into apartments by cleaner | Stockholm train crashed into apartments by cleaner |
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| A cleaning woman has stolen an empty commuter train in a suburb of Stockholm and crashed it into a house, injuring herself, Swedish officials say. | A cleaning woman has stolen an empty commuter train in a suburb of Stockholm and crashed it into a house, injuring herself, Swedish officials say. |
| She drove the four-carriage train out of the depot for about a mile (1.6km) until it jumped the tracks, ending up wedged into a three-storey building. | |
| Police arrested the woman, who was flown to a Stockholm hospital with serious injuries. Nobody else was hurt. | Police arrested the woman, who was flown to a Stockholm hospital with serious injuries. Nobody else was hurt. |
| A railway official confirmed the woman was an employee with a good record. | A railway official confirmed the woman was an employee with a good record. |
| "We have only heard good things about her," Tomas Hedenius, a spokesman for train operator Arriva, was quoted as saying by AP news agency. | "We have only heard good things about her," Tomas Hedenius, a spokesman for train operator Arriva, was quoted as saying by AP news agency. |
| "We're investigating how this could happen, and why she did what she did." | "We're investigating how this could happen, and why she did what she did." |
| Three families were inside the apartment building hit by the train but nobody was injured, the spokesman added. | Three families were inside the apartment building hit by the train but nobody was injured, the spokesman added. |
| "It's incredibly lucky that no one in the house was injured," police spokesman Ulf Lindgren told TT news agency. | "It's incredibly lucky that no one in the house was injured," police spokesman Ulf Lindgren told TT news agency. |
| Christer G Wennerholm, a member of the Stockholm County Council's traffic committee, said: "It shouldn't be possible for unauthorised people to drive our trains." | Christer G Wennerholm, a member of the Stockholm County Council's traffic committee, said: "It shouldn't be possible for unauthorised people to drive our trains." |