Five Britons have been killed after their car fell more than 80ft from a bridge into a canal in Sweden.
Police spokeswoman Eva Nilsson said the victims are all believed be men aged between 19 and 35. Their bodies were recovered by divers.
The deceased are reportedly members of the band Viola Beach and their manager. The band were in Sweden to perform at the Where’s the Music? festival in Norrköping.
The Warrington-based band members were Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin.
Viola Beach have been championed by BBC Introducing and performed at Reading and Leeds Festival last year. They were due to play a gig in Guildford in Surrey on Saturday.
Local reports suggest they died after the car veered off a bridge, smashed into a road barrier and plunged into the water.
The crash, which happened on Saturday, is understood to have occurred as the bridge over the Södertälje canal in Stockholm was closing after being opened to let a vessel through. Its warning lamps were flashing and two barriers were blocking the road.
Stockholm police spokesman Martin Bergholm said the road was slippery and it was dark when the car drove off a highway bridge.
He added that police were still investigating the cause of the accident on the E4 highway.
A foreign office spokesman said: “We can confirm that five British Nationals died in a car accident in Sweden on 13 February.
“We are in contact with local authorities and supporting the families at this difficult time.”
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