Train collides with tank south of Stockholm, four injured

  27 September 2017    Read: 1538
Train collides with tank south of Stockholm, four injured
A passenger train with 70 passengers aboard derailed after colliding with a tank near Trosa, south of Stockholm. Four people has been reportedly injured, Swedish Television reported on Tuesday.
The collision occurred between Lastringe and Vagnharad, in the area where the military exercise Aurora 17 is in progress.

"Three people in the military vehicle are injured. There is also information that one person on the train has suffered minor injuries," local police said.

Those injured were sent to hospitals, and the rescue service, ambulance personnel and the police are working on site, according to Swedish Television.

The Aurora 17 military drill is currently taking place in the area, and local traffic was expected to be impacted as a result. Sweden's Armed Forces confirmed that the collision was with one of their Pansarterrangbil 360 tanks.

Local reports also said that the train is still upright and on track.

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