– He was just going to lead a lap

– He was just going to lead a lap

In the schoolyard, both adults and youth gathered to remember the deceased teens. Photo: Stefan Gerevang/Aftonbladet

The local community remembers the three teenagers.

Three teenagers were killed on Tuesday evening in a traffic accident in Norrköping, Sweden.

A friend of the participants visited the memorial on Wednesday. He says Aftonbladet That the teens in the car were spending a lot of time together.

– I think they were just going on tour because they were tired of playing football, he tells the newspaper.

There were five people in the car when the accident occurred. Two boys and a girl lost their lives. Two other teenagers are receiving treatment in the hospital, and their condition is described as stable.

The 16-year-old Aftonbladet spoke to was closest to the two dead boys. He describes them as good, happy boys interested in cars. They both have many future plans. One teen wanted to become a mechanic, while the other had always wanted to start a family.

The road was closed and emergency services were at the scene on Tuesday evening. Photo: Jeppe Gustafsson

– It's tragic and sad. That's how you look at the news and think, “Oh.” But then there are actually people you know. They have a lot left in their lives.

Ignited

Late Tuesday evening, the car carrying the three passengers veered off the road. The car ended up in a nearby forest and then caught fire.

The other two young men in the car were taken directly to the hospital after the accident.

The young man's friend told Aftonbladet newspaper that he spoke to a survivor on Wednesday. According to him, he is in pain, but he believes that the hardest thing is seeing everything that happened

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Scorched earth is all that remains after the accident. Photo: Stefan Gerevang/Aftonbladet

– This is really dark. Police spokesman Johnny Gustafson said Tuesday that there are many families who will remember this evening with horror.

Police reported early Tuesday that the incident was serious.

Collected at school

After the accident EPA tractors Until those involved stood in the school yard. The city's youth have now gathered around these places and decorated them with flowers and posters.

– The students took the initiative to decorate these cars, and since then they have chosen to come here to remember their friends, school principal Carita Johansson told the Aftonbladet newspaper.

The Swedish flag was also flown at half-mast the day after the accident.

The school principal describes the area as a place where everyone knows each other.

To honor the young people who died, they will now be transported on a memorial train with EPA tractors from Mostorpskolan to Norrköping.

By Bond Robertson

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