The alarm came at 13:30 on Friday. According to the rescue service, police themselves alerted SOS after following a car at high speed.

Emergency services, ambulance and more police were called to the scene.

- Two cars were involved and three people were trapped. We have had to cut a car, I do not know if it was in both cars, says Frida Klarin, internal commander of the rescue service Umeå.

According to Frida Klarin, three people were taken by ambulance to hospital. The damage situation is currently unclear.

A man gripped

According to police, one of these, a man, was arrested. He is now suspected of gross drunk driving, gross negligence of bodily harm and gross negligence in traffic. It is unclear if the man has been able to be heard yet.

"A patrol is in the hospital, but I do not know if anyone has been heard," on duty police officers say in Umeå police.

According to the Swedish Transport Administration, there is a risk of limited accessibility at the site with preliminary closing time at 17.30.

See pictures and hear police in place at the accident in the clip above.