Train accident at the central station in Karlstad – Aftonbladet

A train accident occurred at the central station in Karlstad.

One of the carriages was left hanging in the air a bit above the ground.

– There must be a passenger who backed into the station and drove through a stop as the rear lifted into the air, says Ola Åkesson at the emergency services in Karlstad.

It was just before 15 o’clock the rear of a train ended up in the air at the central station in Karlstad. Sofia Schönborg from Skövde was between 50 and 100 meters away when it happened.

– We were walking and suddenly heard the world crash. You can clearly see that the train is in the air, as it pushed out a bit. It’s full of rocks underneath and an iron bar and the street lamps broken, she said.

The train is evacuated

train wagon stopped just over a meter from the Press Office.

– What you see is that the last car was pushed off the platform, says Sofia Schönborg.

According to police, 15 people were on board when the accident happened. The train pulled in towards the central station when for some reason backed by a buffer stop and lifted into the air.

– The case of a misunderstanding between the guard and the train driver. There is no suspicion of crime, says Stefan Sundberg, county duty officer in Värmland.

A person who was on the train reported to have been taken to hospital by ambulance.

On the way to Stockholm

It was a chartered train from the association Skaj, Stockholm’s cultural association of steam and railways, which run on the stop block and even torn down the overhead line.

– the train has gone from Stockholm to Karlstad and would return to Stockholm again later says Beisy Sundin on Trafikverket’s press service.

at 16:30 announced Trafikverket that it is completely without power at the station, because the train torn down an overhead line and this causes heavy traffic bedding solutions. This caused major traffic disruptions to traffic in Värmland and also to and from Stockholm, Oslo and Gothenburg.

Shortly before 18 came the traffic started again.

– Now it will work well, says Beisy Sundin.

Went on day trip

Sten-Eric Beskow, chairman of Skaj, says that the train was on its way to Karlstad for a day trip with a visit to Sandgrund to see Lars Lerins art exhibition . He says that upwards of 96 persons were on the trip. All passengers had left the train when the accident occurred. The staff on board were working to prepare the dinner.

– It was across the top of the train and I heard a huge bang. My colleague who was standing on the floor away from me, fell prostrate on the floor and got several pots over, says one of the employees on the train to nwt.se.

Both the police and emergency services were on the afternoon of place at the central station.

– There is an ongoing feverishly work to bring down the train. A rail car is quite heavy, and what I see is a danger of the rage, says Sundberg.

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