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Jonas Ekstromer / Scanpix Sweden via Reuters
Police officers stand around a local train that derailed and crashed into a residential building in Saltsjobaden outside Stockholm on Jan. 15, 2013.
Reuters reports — A cleaning lady allegedly stole a Swedish train and drove it off the end of the tracks and smashed into a house outside Stockholm on Tuesday.
It was not clear how the woman, around 20, got access to the key needed to start the train. She was taken to hospital with serious injuries, but the train was carrying no other passengers as it was in the early hours and no one in the house was hurt.
A train cleaner was injured after police say she stole a train and crashed it into a house in Sweden. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
"The cleaner drove the train at high speed, considerably higher than normal on that stretch, to where the rails end and crashed into a house," said Jesper Pettersson, spokesman at Stockholm Public Transport (SL).
The train ploughed past the end of the line and vaulted over a street separating the house from the depot, crashing through a balcony and into a downstairs room in the upscale suburb of Saltsjobaden. SL and police were investigating how she had gained access to the cabin and been able to drive the train.
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They need to require background checks on all train hijackers and make it a felony to drive a train into a house.
She has nothing to worry about. People in Sweden are not responsible for their own actions.
When they were kids, her brother had an electric train. She always wanted one too. Parents told her to play with her dolls! Now, finally, she had the chance! Can you blame her.
Comon Dara, " how was she able to drive the train away" WOW!! she stole the keys you put the key in the key slot turn it then you just move the lever forward, that how she drove the train away DUH!! Crashed in sweden where did come from Norway
I just do not understand how you guys get these jobs. It's like you act dumb and cannot put 2+2 together
blame video games - train simulator made her think she could and should - never ever impulse control issues ...
How is that public mass transit working for you?
20 year old "cleaning lady." Sounds like a possible Somalian immigrant who thought hmm, I wonder what this button does. .....oh SH*T!!!
Hey all. Go to Google maps and enter "Saltsjobaden" you can see end of the rail tracks. Then go to street view and get a better look a the house that got hit..
Wait until you see the Dinky little stoppers at the end... you will wonder who would want to live there...
Wow, you're right. It's the house at the end of the train tracks. Thanks for the info. Kind of makes more sense now. But I sure as hell would never want to live in a house just past the end of the tracks. This was an accident waiting to happen.
1) Go to google maps,
2) Enter: 59.27885,18.313737
3) Press Search
4) Zoom to street level
abanksone.. Yeah, right?
Those crazy Swedes are always joy riding trains.
I wonder if the people in the house
woke up and said "Man I feel like I was hit by a train." LOL
Cleaning ladies do have fun!
I wanna do that!!! Except not crash into a house. I just want to drive a train.
We must ban trains so this wont happen again
If there was no trains, homes would be safe
Call your liberal representative, I'm sure they will agree
If only the homeowner had a train to defend himself with.
A train in front of the house would have most definitely slowed down or deflected the on coming train.
A wooden or brick structure or waiting for the police to stop the train would be no match for a EQUALLY sized train blocking the home
Good Point.
Where did all the comments go. page is blank
Not for me...
Hey all. Go to Google maps and enter "Saltsjobaden" you can see end of the rail tracks. Then go to street view and get a better look at the house that got hit..
Wait until you see the Dinky little stoppers at the end... you will wonder who would want to live there...
found street view of traffic circle, a train and what looks like maybe the house, but Dont see end of the line or markers. Pretty cool anyway
You have to back off street view and use Map View. Then take the little guy and place him closer to the end of the tracks. The Traffic Circle to too far to the left. Or from the traffic circle use the arrows > to move towards the house.. Good luck.
I would have paid to have seen this!
Drivin' that train...
High on cocaine....
Cleaning gal you better watch your speed.
Trouble ahead....
Trouble behind....
But you know that notion won't cross her mind.
(With apologies to Robert Hunter and Cherry Garcia)
I'm potty trained
No big deal, she was just doing her job.
She was cleaning the start button.
Not her fault some idiot left the train armed. ;)
Wow, first there is this 18 year old kid that steals a plane and crashes in 2009 and now a cleaning woman steals a train and wrecks, what's left?
Automobile?
The result of to much Gevalia.
I like the wording "don't know how she got access to the key". I have a few ideas. I thought everything in Sweden was wonderful?
Denzel Washington would've prevented the crash.
Didn't Ozzie write a song about this?
I guess she entrained the train because she wasn't trained.
Goin off the rails on a Crazy train..
C'mon folks !