A double-decker bus left the road on Valhallavägen in Stockholm on Friday afternoon, November 14, 2025, and plowed into a bus shelter. Three people died. Three more were injured.
Police were alerted at 3:23 p.m. The street runs through the Östermalm district in the northern part of the Swedish capital, close to the Royal Institute of Technology. The bus swerved onto the sidewalk and rammed the stop at the Tekniska Högskolan station.
The front of the vehicle looked badly damaged. Emergency services told the Swedish news agency TT that it was an ordinary city bus, out of service, with no passengers aboard.
Driver detained
TT reported that police confirmed the driver had been detained and would be questioned about what happened. Police were treating the crash as “involuntary manslaughter” while they continued to investigate. The cause was not immediately clear.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X that he had “received the tragic news that several people have been killed and injured at a bus stop.” He pictured the victims as “people who were perhaps on their way home to family, friends, or a quiet evening at home.”
He added that the cause was not yet known. “Right now my thoughts are primarily with those who have been affected and their families,” he said.
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- A bus crashes into a bus stop in Stockholm, killing 3 people and injuring 3
- 2025 Stockholm bus crash
