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Woman dies after Gothenburg balcony fall

A woman has died after falling from a fifth floor balcony in a Gothenburg apartment block late on Tuesday night.

The incident occurred shortly before midnight in the city’s Kallebäck district and was preceded by a heated argument in the apartment.

“We had it reported to us as an apartment quarrel. Then we found the woman. We don’t know yet whether she jumped or was thrown out,” police spokesman Allan Berg told TT.

He also noted that a number of people had dialed for emergency services in connection with the fall.

“There seems to have been a lot of arguing and screaming. There was some sort of relationship trouble. A man in the apartment was taken in for questioning,” said Berg.

LANDSLIDE

Swedish authorities: Worker negligence behind motorway landslide

Swedish authorities said on Thursday that worker negligence at a construction site was believed to be behind a landslide that tore apart a motorway in western Sweden in September.

Swedish authorities: Worker negligence behind motorway landslide

The landslide, which struck the E6 highway in Stenungsund, 50 kilometres north of Sweden’s second-largest city Gothenburg, ripped up a petrol station car park, overturned lorries and caved in the roof of a fast food restaurant.

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Prosecutor Daniel Veivo Pettersson said on Thursday he believed “human factors” were behind the landslide as “no natural cause” had been found during the investigation.

He told a press conference the landslide had been triggered by a nearby construction site where too much excavated material had been piled up, putting excessive strain on the ground below. 

“At this stage, we consider it negligent, in this case grossly negligent, to have placed so much excavated material on the site,” Pettersson said.

Pettersson added that three people were suspected of among other things gross negligence and causing bodily harm, adding that the investigation was still ongoing.

The worst-hit area covered around 100 metres by 150 metres, but the landslide affected an area of around 700 metres by 200 metres in total, according to emergency services.

Three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the collapse, according to authorities.

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