Two Killed in Gävle Traffic Accident; Driver Detained

Two people have died in the traffic accident outside Gävle during the night to Friday. The driver of the car – a woman in her 25s – has been detained.

» Published: June 06 2025

Two Killed in Gävle Traffic Accident; Driver Detained
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News came on Friday evening that another person has died in the traffic accident just outside Gävle. The accident occurred at 2 a.m. on Friday when the car they were driving in left the road and collided with a tree.

Three people were taken to hospital with serious injuries, two of whom later died from their injuries.

The 25-year-old woman who was driving the car was lightly injured and was arrested at the scene of the accident. She was apprehended on Friday morning.

She is being held on probable grounds suspected of gross negligence in traffic, gross manslaughter, gross bodily harm and gross drunk driving. No further information is available this evening, says Annika Collin at the Prosecution Authority's Press Office.

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