The bus company after information about drunk driving: "We have an alcohol lock"

On Wednesday, the bus driver sat for nearly two hours in the first formal interrogation after the accident on Monday. At the same time, information was published about the man's historical criminal record.

Smålandsposten was able to tell that the driver was sentenced in 2024 for aggravated drunken driving after driving with 1.07 alcohol in his blood. His driver's license was revoked for three months and after that he was only allowed to drive vehicles with breathalyzer locks until May this year.

Also in 2022, the man was convicted of drunk driving, according to the newspaper, and the year before that he was fined for contamination from a traffic accident. He has also been fined for speeding and for driving without a seat belt.

- In that case, this is information that has been settled and is not included in the current police investigation, says the man's lawyer Torgny Dahlberg.

Dahlberg says that his client denies all the crimes he has been suspected of - causing the death of another, causing bodily harm and negligence in traffic. The lawyer cannot say more about what emerged during the interrogation.

- I do not have the mandate to go into further details, but he has provided his information and his experience of how it all happened.

So he has a story, isn't it blank?

- That question leads to the content, so I don't want to answer it. Not right now anyway, says Torgny Dahlberg.

On Thursday morning, the bus driver was released, as the prosecutor sees no grounds for detention, but the suspicions remain.

The employer Connect Bus has not previously commented on the information about the driver's criminal record, but in a written message to DN the operational manager Andreas Ehrenborg now writes that they are aware of the reporting. However, he still does not comment on it.

"We are working intensively to clarify the course of events and assist the Police in their investigation. At the same time, we are reviewing our own processes and routines to understand if there are lessons to be learned and measures that need to be taken."

DN follows up the announcement with a written question:

Do you have an alcohol lock in your vehicle?

The answer from Andreas Ehrenborg is:

"Yes"

A young man died in the accident and several others were seriously injured. In the written comment from the bus company, the operational manager regrets what happened.

"Our thoughts go out to the family and relatives of the deceased, and everyone else affected and affected."