Madonna's kit blocks traffic in Sweden

Published: 3 Jul 12 08:53 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
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A truck carrying the sound system for pop-diva Madonna, who is set to perform in Gothenburg on Wednesday, flipped on its side on Monday morning, snarling traffic on a motorway outside the western Swedish city.

Around 7am on Tuesday, a truck tipped over on the E6 motorway south of Gothenburg between the Kllered and Torrekulla interchanges.

The accident left lanes blocked in both directions, causing major delays in rush hour traffic south of Gothenburg.

According to police, the truck that tipped over is carrying the sound system for Madonna's July 4th concert at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg.

One person was taken to hospital following the accident.

By 7.30am, emergency crews were able to reopen one of the lanes on the E6

It remains unclear what caused the truck carrying Madonna's sound system to suddenly tip over across the median, or what effect it might have on Wednesday night's concert.

"It's too early to say anything about it," Kristofer kesson, a spokesperson for concert arranger Live Nation, told the TT news agency around 8.30am on Monday morning.

The concert, part of the Madonna World Tour 20! 12, will be the pop-icon's first concert in Sweden since 2009.

Her latest studio album, MDNA was released on March 26th.

kesson refused, however, to divulge how many tickets had been sold for Madonna's Gothenburg performance.

"We never do that before a concert," he told TT.

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