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Three die in car crash in northern Sweden

Three young people were killed in a car accident on the E14 motorway in Jämtland in northern Sweden in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Published: 16 November 2008 12:42 CET

Two men and a woman died in the accident which occurred east of Trångsviken, 600 kilometres north of Stockholm, at around 4am on Sunday.

The men were in their twenties and the woman was a couple of years younger. All three were resident in the area.

Road conditions were reported to be icy and the car had veered over on to the wrong side of the road before crashing. The car was very badly damaged.

A crisis centre was opened at 10am on Sunday morning in the community centre in Trångsviken for those affected by the accident.

Trångsviken is a town of 269 inhabitants between Östersund and the ski resort town of Åre on the E14 motorway.

Police on Sunday were appealing for witnesses to the accident.

FOOTBALL

German footballer killed day after club’s relegation

Having been relegated from the Bundesliga the day before, Hanover 96 were on Sunday mourning their midfielder Niklas Feierabend after the 19-year-old was killed in a car crash.

Published: 1 May 2016 17:47 CEST
German footballer killed day after club's relegation
Feierabend had played for Hanover 96's youth team in a game against RB Leipzig on Saturday. Photo: DPA

The youth team talent was only given a professional contract in February and had not made his debut in Germany's top flight.

“This morning we received the terrible news that our 19-year-old forward lost his life after a car crash in the early hours of this morning,” said the club in a statement on their website.

According to police, Feierabend was one of three backseat passengers who suffered fatal injuries when the car they were in left the road and hit a tree at 0545 (0345 GMT) on Sunday morning.

He had played for Hanover 96's youth team in a game against RB Leipzig on Saturday and Hanover's reserve team game on Sunday was called off out of respect for Feierabend's family.

Bottom side Hanover had their relegation from Germany's top flight confirmed on Saturday when they were beaten 3-1 at home by Schalke — their 22nd defeat in 32 league games.