According to the bus company Transdev, the fact that the bus ended up at the unattended railway crossing is due to the fact that the driver was not fully trained, and that it was a mistake that the driver was placed on that trip.

In the bus were the driver, three schoolchildren and Madelen Dragsten who was on her way from her daughter's school home to Djurås.

In the video above, Madelen shows what it looked like where the bus got stuck and she talks about her thoughts as the train approached: "Got a little panicked".

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In the video, the bus company explains what routines broke when the driver was booked to drive the route. Here, the bus has become bogged down in the narrow curve at the railway crossing. Photo: Madelen Dragsten