Bus in accident at Folkets park in Malmö

A bus has been involved in an accident in central Malmö.
Four people have been injured, according to the rescue service.
The accident occurred near Folkets park – where a large number of people watched Sweden’s World Cup match on a large screen, writes Sydsvenskan.

A bus has been involved in an accident in central Malmö. The police were reached by the alarm at 12.11 and also the rescue service and ambulance have gone to the scene.

– We have just arrived there. Our work involves seeing if anyone is injured and investigating what happened, says police spokesperson Katarina Rusin to TV4 Nyheterna.

Four people have been injured, according to the rescue service.

– They are taken care of by an ambulance, I have no information about the state of the damage, says Joel Johansson, the duty officer of the rescue service.

A woman has been taken to hospital by ambulance for a check-up, according to the police.

It is unclear what happened at the scene. The police state that the bus must have collided with a smaller van. According to the emergency services, several vehicles were involved in the accident.

The accident occurred at Folkets park. South Sweden reports that a large number of people were in the park to watch Sweden’s World Cup semi-final on the big screen.

The text is updated.

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