Nine taken to hospital after
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Nine taken to hospital after bus and truck crash causes major traffic disruption on E6 in Stenungsund

Nine people have been taken to hospital after an accident between a bus and a truck on the E6 in Stenungsund. "As far as I understand, the bus had stopped on the side of the road when it was hit by a truck," says Fredrik Svedemyr, police press spokesman.

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The incident occurred at 6:45 p.m. on the E6 at the Stenungsund junction, and rescue services, ambulances and police were called. The police wrote on their website that six people were taken to hospital, two of them seriously injured.

Later in the evening, the emergency health centre said that a total of nine people had been taken to hospital, local media reported.

The truck driver has been arrested and is suspected of gross negligence in traffic.

The accident had a very major impact on traffic, according to the Swedish Transport Administration.

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