Several injured when the police car drove into the crowd – Aftonbladet

Here ränner police car straight into the crowd in the square.

Four were taken to hospital – police claim that something was wrong with the vehicle.

– It is extremely unbelievable, says Jörgen Lundälv, traffic researchers.

Police received an alarm if a larger fraction of the Civic Square just after the clock 18 on Walpurgis Night. A large number of students had gathered in the square and under the alarm to the police attended between 10 and 100 people in the fight.

– Police were sent to the scene because of a fight, says Albin Birch bark Mountains, information officer at the Stockholm police.

injured by police vehicles

In connection with the call-out was driving a civilian police car ahead Civic Square.

According to a number of witnesses drove the car straight to a crowd that was supported by a movie recording Aftonbladet can now publish.

Four people were taken to hospital, according to police. Three of them should have had back pain and a fourth person was taken to hospital because of an asthma attack.

– I do not know if it could have triggered an asthma attack, says Towe Hägg, information officer at the Stockholm police.

According to the police the driver of the vehicle having stated that it was not possible to stop the police car.

High speed

Inger Malmström became a witness to the incident, saying that the police car was high speed.

– At least 30-40 kilometers per hour and it was soon in the crowd.

She was the first head of one of the injured.

– He was conscious and could not breathe. I handed over to the ambulance. Beside him lay a girl, I do not know how it was with her.

Another witness, Michael, was near the accident.

– It started as a big fight. I saw girls who tried to stop the altercation, which received bangs. Then I went in to try and calm down the whole thing.

– The police car came in very high speed and drove straight into the crowd. I heard the sound of bodies that was hit by the car, three people just flew up in the air.

“flew up in the air”

He is critical because he believes that it was long before the ambulance was in place.

– It certainly took 10-15 minutes. Meanwhile caught five piketer and as many regular police cars at the scene.

The incident will now be investigated by the police unit for internal investigations.

– It is unfortunate when people are injured by a police car not going to stay, says Towe Hägg.

Jorgen Lundälv is Associate Professor of Traffic Medicine at Umeå University. He has been especially engaged accidents involving emergency vehicles since 2002.

– I’m shocked when I see a police car in the square among all people. It is extremely unlikely that there is a problem with police cars.

According to the witnesses Aftonbladet has talked with the car had no siren on and not tutat to warn people.

– I am shaken by what I see on film, I’ve never seen anything like it, says Jörgen Lundälv.

The police state that they will write a complaint of ill-treatment on account of the initial altercation.

– But we have not found any that are damaged, so we have no information on who has fought, says Towe Hägg.