Balcony has collapsed outside Ulricehamn - two to hospital

The accident happened at 18:00 on Wednesday.

Another person was on the balcony and he was taken to hospital by ambulance.

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There must have been only these two people on the balcony when it fell 4-6 meters down, says Peter Adlersson, police spokesperson.

The person who did not need to be taken by helicopter, who was awake and able to speak, was taken to hospital by ambulance.

Later, Södra Älvsborg Hospital's press service announced that it is a man in his 40s and that his condition is stable.

Destroyed from a 60s villa

According to initial information from the police, the seriously injured woman was in her 20s, but just before 10pm on Wednesday evening they issued a correction: It was a man in this case as well.

The condition of the young man's injuries is still unclear.

According to the police, it must be an accident.

The balcony fell from a villa built in the 1960s.