Three dead in Swedish school bus crash

A bus carrying Swedish high school students to a ski resort crashed yesterday in central Sweden, killing three people and injuring 20 others.

The 52 students were en route to a ski resort with seven adults, including the driver, when the accident occurred on a main highway south of Sveg, a small town 260 miles northwest of Stockholm.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known, but the road was reportedly icy when the accident occurred at about 7am. Pictures showed the bus lying on its side in a ditch beside the highway.

Rescue services spokesman Peter Nystedt said some 30 others sustained minor injuries.

The father of Stina Almqvist, one of the students on the bus, said he was awakened by a call from his “panic-stricken” daughter.

“She just screamed and screamed,” Fredrik said. “I can still hear her screams.”

Friends of the students from Angskolan high school in Skene gathered at the school yesterday.