Stockholm — A double-decker bus crashed into a bus stop in Stockholm on Friday, causing fatalities and injuries, police said.

Police said that several people were hit but they weren't immediately giving information on their number, gender or ages.

Authorities were alerted to the crash at 3:23 p.m. on Friday. The vehicle rammed into the bus shelter on Valhallavägen, a street in the Swedish capital’s Östermalm district. The area is in the northern part of the city, near the Royal Institute of Technology.

Police were treating the crash as “involuntary manslaughter” but were still investigating. It wasn't immediately clear what the cause was.

Swedish news agency TT said police confirmed that the driver had been detained and would be questioned to determine what happened. The front of th

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