British men killed in road accident near Stockholm

Swedish police spokesman Martin Bergholm said: “For some reason, the vehicle drove through the barriers and crashed down into the canal”.

The crash, which happened on Saturday, is understood to have occurred as the bridge over the Södertälje canal in Stockholm was closing after being opened to let a vessel through.

The fifth man is believed to be the band’s manager.

Four-piece indie pop band Viola Beach had played Where’s The Music festival in Norrkoping on Friday night.

Callum Bate, described on his Twitter profile as an engineer for the band, said: “The boys from Viola Beach were the most hardworking and honest bunch of lads”.

RIP Viola Beach and their manager. Such incredibly tragic and sad news. “My thoughts are with their families and friends”. Their manager, who is also thought to have been killed, was Craig Tarry.

Viola Beach have become one of the fastest growing bands on the music scene after frontman and Life is so cruel!”

“Ross Jarman, from The Cribs, tweeted: “Heart goes out to the Viola Beach guys and their families”.

Photographer and friend Georgia Park faltered when she spoke Sky News. “Major loss for Warrington”. Being from Warrington it’s always either Manchester or Liverpool for things like gigs and big nights out as we’re directly in the middle of the two.

Previous year they appeared at the prestigious Reading and Leeds festivals.

The pair both went to Bradshaw Primary School, in Grappenhall, Cheshire, but had lost touch with each other. River Reeves was recruited from a music course at a local college and meeting bassist Tomas Lowe at the town’s The Lounge venue completed the line-up. “From_cleaning_toilets_to_rising_stars_of_the_indie_scene_____the_rise_of_Viola_Beach/” class=”local_link” >former cleaner Kris Leonard sent a track to BBC Introducing while in Warrington Guardian’s office toilets.