Viola Beach Crash Driver Was Not Intoxicated

The driver of the car which plunged off a bridge in Sweden killing the British band Viola Beach had no trace of alcohol or drugs in his blood.

Results from a preliminary post-mortem into the deaths have been released by police after the crash on 13 February.

The four-piece Warrington-based band of Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin, were killed alongside their manager Craig Tarry when their hire car plunged 25 metres off the bridge into a canal.

Aged between 19 and 35, the group were 18 miles from the capital Stockholm when the accident happened.

Stockholm Police spokeswoman Carena Skagerlind said: "We can confirm that the very preliminary post-mortem results show that the driver of the car had no trace of alcohol or drugs in the blood."

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   Gallery: Indie Band's Car Plunges Off Bridge

   All four members of British band Viola Beach were killed along with their manager when their Nissan Qashqai dropped from a bridge into a canal in Sweden

Police divers recovered the bodies of singer Kris Leonard, guitarist River Reeves, bassist Tomas Lowe, drummer Jack Dakin and the band's manager Craig Tarry, from the water, around 40km (25 miles) from Stockholm

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