Two dead, 40 hurt in Swedish rail crossing crash

At least two people were killed and 40 were injured after a commuter train collided with a truck at a crossing in southern Sweden today.

The first carriage of the train flipped over after it hit the truck, said rescue worker Sven Nilsson. The other two cars derailed.

It was unclear why the train and the truck collided near Kristianstad, a town on Sweden’s south-eastern coast, officials said, adding the railway crossing had gates.

“We know there are at least two dead,” Nilsson said. ”But there could be more. There’s a risk people are still trapped under the car.”

Harry Svensson was in the last of car of the train, and said he escaped with a sore knee.

“Bags and everything were flying around,” Svensson said. ”There was complete panic and chaos broke out.”

He said a large group of high school students were aboard the train when it crashed.

“They started screaming and crying,” he said.