The accident happened in the districts around Venjan in the municipality of Mora. According to the rescue service, a camper van collided with a passenger car.

"It's a frontal crash," says Johan Szymanski, rescue commander at the Northern Dalarna Fire Brigade.

Three people were seriously injured in the accident and were taken to hospital.

At 16, the police announced that one of the people in the caravan had died.

Suspected of steering wheel

Police technicians will investigate the scene. The driver of the passenger car, a woman in her 50s, is suspected of drunk driving and gross negligence in traffic, police say.

- The driver of the passenger car, a woman in her 50s, is currently suspected of drunk driving and gross negligence in traffic and more. The woman was taken to hospital with unclear injuries, says Christina Hallin of the Bergslagen Police Region.

Road free from traffic

At 18, police announced that both vehicles had been salvaged from the scene and should be taken for technical examination.

The road should also be open again for traffic.