{"id":179786,"date":"2026-10-06T07:24:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=179786"},"modified":"2026-10-07T06:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:52:42","slug":"busskatastrof-utanfor-vaxjo-ung-man-dod-och-foraren-anhallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/bus-crash-outside-vaxjo-young-man-dead-driver-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus Crash Outside V\u00e4xj\u00f6\u2014Young Man Killed and Driver Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A man in his 18s has died and dozens of people have been injured after a double-decker bus overturned on Highway 25 between V\u00e4xj\u00f6 and Alvesta. The bus driver has now been arrested\u2014but there is still no explanation for the disaster.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accident occurred around 4:30 p.m. on Monday between the Hanasl\u00f6v and Kv\u00e4lleberg interchanges in Sm\u00e5land. About 45 people were on the bus, which was operating on Route 845 between V\u00e4xj\u00f6 and Ljungby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bus veered off the road and overturned in a ditch. A man in his 18s died, and several people were injured. About ten people were reported to be seriously injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 I felt everything start to shake, heard people screaming for their lives, and then everything started to come crashing down<\/em>, says a teenager <strong>Felicia Arnmark Larsson<\/strong> for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sverigesradio.se\/artikel\/flera-skadade-och-en-dod-i-bussolycka-vid-vaxjo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P4 Kronoberg<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Driver Arrested<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday morning, it became clear that the bus driver had been arrested. He is suspected of causing the death of another person, causing bodily injury, and reckless driving. The police also emphasize that the latter charge is being used to investigate the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dThere is currently no explanation for the accident,\u201d,<\/em> According to the police, they write that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tv4.se\/artikel\/6oHVSNV65CR714KoLiZDnV\/buss-har-vaelt-flera-skadade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TV4<\/a><\/strong>. The bus has been impounded, and technicians are continuing their investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>No known problems with the bus<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operator, Connect Bus, states that the bus had no known technical defects and that the most recent inspection was completed without any findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kronoberg Region activated its emergency response plan and bolstered healthcare services. At the same time, crisis support was provided to those affected and their families. Now, the police\u2019s forensic investigation and interviews will be crucial in determining why a routine commute ended in disaster.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young man died and 46 people were injured when the double-decker bus overturned outside V\u00e4xj\u00f6. The bus driver has now been arrested\u2014but the cause of the accident remains unknown.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":179788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1522,205],"tags":[6254,6869],"class_list":["post-179786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-mellan","category-nyheter","tag-olycka","tag-smaland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}