In Sweden, a woman in her 20s died in an accident on road 583 outside Söderhamn due to extreme slipperiness, and another woman in her 60s also died in the same incident, according to police reports. In France, at least one person died and several were injured in a train accident in Noeux-les-Mines, where a high-speed train collided with the trailer of a truck at a railway crossing. The train driver died in the accident and at least 27 people were injured, police sources said, with the truck driver seriously injured. The train, traveling between Dunkerque and Paris, derailed after the collision. In Ukraine, an 11-year-old boy was killed in a house fire after it was damaged in a Russian drone attack in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the regional military administration, which also reported five other people were injured. In Russia, two adults and their son were killed in a drone attack that hit a residential building in the Vladimir region, the regional governor said, adding that a five-year-old girl in the family is reportedly receiving hospital care for burn injuries.
Telephone system disruptions are affecting healthcare access in multiple Swedish regions, with problems reaching hospital receptions and health centers due to issues in the TeleQ system. According to TeleQ, calls from Telia and Tele2 are not working properly. Affected regions include Kronoberg, Örebro County, Halland, Norrbotten, and Sörmland. There is no prognosis for when the problems will be resolved, though the 1177 health advice line is not affected.
Police in Jönköping received a report of a burglary at the Swedish Transport Administration's premises in the A6 area. The thief or thieves took computers and broke open cabinets. It is unclear how extensive the theft is and when the burglary occurred, but police have technicians on site to conduct an investigation.
In business news, Pershing Square is making a bid for the entire Universal Music Group, valuing the record company at over $60 billion. Pershing Square's bid consists of $9.4 billion in cash, plus the rest as payment in shares, according to a press release. Universal has artists such as Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga under contract.
Fatal pedestrian accidents involving elderly victims have occurred in Scotland and France. An 88-year-old woman died after being struck by a lorry in North Ayrshire; the pensioner was crossing Main Street in Largs when she was hit by the HGV at about 10:05am on Wednesday. Emergency crews attended, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the lorry was a 51-year-old man, Police Scotland said. In Montauban, France, an incident occurred just before noon at Place Marcel-Lenoir in the city center, where a woman was found on the ground after a violent impact was heard. The 97-year-old victim, with her legs trapped under a vehicle, was quickly assisted by municipal police officers who were nearby. She was conscious but unable to speak. Firefighters arrived a few minutes later to care for the nonagenarian. The 74-year-old driver of the vehicle reportedly did not see the pedestrian crossing the road, according to information gathered. The collision occurred just at a turn towards Rue de Mayenne, and an investigation has been opened by authorities to determine the exact circumstances.
Traffic incidents and hit-and-run cases across Sweden have involved elderly drivers. An 84-year-old woman drove into a cyclist in central Linköping and has been charged with causing bodily injury; the accident occurred on the morning of September 17 last year at the intersection of Västra vägen and Östgötagatan. The woman made a right turn without noticing the cyclist crossing the monitored bicycle crossing. According to the prosecutor, the 84-year-old had a duty to yield to the cyclist. The affected cyclist sustained injuries including fractures. In Köping, police were called to a parking lot on Östra Långgatan due to a traffic accident where a woman in her 80s, while parking, drove into another parked vehicle and thereby caused damage. Witnesses on site urged the woman to stay, but she left the scene. The woman was located in the nearby area and is suspected of a crime, and no person is reported to have been injured in connection with the incident. In Eskelhem, three young women were walking on county road 576 when a driver, a man in his 50s, drove into one of them from behind. The struck woman, in her 20s, hit the car's windshield and was injured and taken to hospital by ambulance. Police classify the incident as negligence in traffic and causing bodily injury, and the car was seized for technical examination.
In political news, Reza Pahlavi is coming to Sweden and has been invited to speak in parliament on Monday by the Christian Democrats and Sweden Democrats parliamentary groups.
Additional casualties from drone attacks include the five injured in Dnipropetrovsk and the burned girl in Vladimir, as previously reported.