On Friday 5 July, a wheel of chocolate overturned at Kivik’s market in Österlen, Skåne. One person was seriously injured and a 55-year-old man died.
The day before, a woman at Kivik’s market had been hit by a garbage can and was taken to hospital by ambulance. The woman, who was in her 25s, survived.
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After the fatal accident has Anders Strand who is responsible for Kivik’s market felt bad. In an interview with Expressen, he explains that the chocolate wheel was built to last.
The chocolate wheel, which stood on four support legs at a height of two meters, weighed five tons.
– We have been in contact with insurance companies but we have concluded that we are not responsible. It’s the powers of the weather. It is a natural disaster, he tells the newspaper.
The police have begun an investigation into aggravated assault causing death and aggravated assault causing bodily harm. It is not yet clear what happened.
According to the preliminary investigation manager Josefin Sävlund several witnesses have been interviewed and the police will hear more.
Police at the scene after the fatal accident. Photo: Henrik Eberlund/TT. Photo: Henrik Eberlund/TT.
Strand tells Expressen that the management wants to compensate the man’s family after the accident.
– Money can’t bring anyone back. But there will be some form of compensation.
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Responsible for Kivik’s market: “I feel really bad”
He himself was at the market when the accident happened. On the spot, he saw several people trying to revive the 55-year-old.
– To put it bluntly, we feel like crap. I feel really bad. I haven’t slept, I just wake up and I think it’s so hard, says Anders Strand, responsible for Kivik’s market, to the newspaper.