Aerial view of the Stockholm-area train crashed into a residential building by a cleaning woman in Saltsjobaden, Sweden, Jan. 15, 2013 (© IBL/Rex Features)

Swedish woman steals empty train, smashes it into building, cops say

1/15/2013

At this point, it's unclear why a woman who tidies up locomotives for a living allegedly stole an empty commuter train from a depot outside Stockholm early Tuesday and took it for a ride, but it's pretty clear what happened about a mile later, when it reached the railway line's last station: The train jumped off the tracks and slammed into a three-story apartment building (see images above). Mercifully, no one in the building was hurt, but the woman, said to be in her early 20s, was seriously injured and flown to a Stockholm hospital. Police arrested her on suspicion of endangering the public. Here's hoping she recovers so she can tell everyone what she may have been thinking. [Source]

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