Family escapes after car flips into river

The accident occurred in Kalmar, southern Sweden, early on Tuesday morning. 

 

The car spun off the road and flipped into the river, taking in water. 

 

The family – a mother and her childen aged four and eight – managed to get out of the car without help. 

 

"We should probably be grateful that it landed in the river exactly where it did. Just a little bit further out it's much deeper," Reine Johansson of the Kalmar police told the TT news agency. 

 

All three of the car's passengers were taken to hospital. The eight-year-old suffered damages to the head, while the four-year-old and the mother were treated for back pain. 

 

It remains unclear what caused the car to end up in the river.