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Stockholm train crashed into apartments 'by cleaner' | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A cleaning woman stole an empty commuter train in a suburb of Stockholm and crashed it into a house, injuring herself, Swedish officials say. | |
The four-carriage train was driven out of the depot for about a mile until it jumped the tracks, becoming wedged into a three-storey building. | |
Police arrested a woman, who was flown to a Stockholm hospital with serious injuries. Nobody else was hurt. | |
A railway official confirmed the woman in custody was an employee. | |
"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." | |
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." |