Sad news.

On Thursday night I got call from Bajen Pete, a fellow Brit who supports Hammarby.

Pete is part of the good bunch of lads I have started watching Bajen with. They were all out for a few drinks on Thursday, but one of our friends didnt show up. Pete explained that Per had been run over by a truck at Skanstull.

Shocking news! I had only seen him a week or so before, very near to the spot where he died, I was cycling past him. Per leaves behind a partner and a young child its tragic news.

Although I only met him twice, we had got on well and I was impressed by his enthusiasm for all things Bajen! He was also very actively involved with Hammarby Bandy at Board level and I was really looking forward to going to Bandy games with him and Pete this winter.

Thats two football friends I have now lost in the space of a few months, both tragically young. RIP Per Svensson.

From Hammarby Bandy site:

er Svensson, 34, was cycling at the junction Ringvägen / Götgatan yesterday when a cementbil suddenly made a left turn. Death was instantaneous.

Sonny Lööf, steering Chairman, commented:

“It is an unspeakable loss.  Per was Bajare in body and soul, and made our club invaluable service by his energy and contagious enthusiasm.  It is unfair that a good man, a decent man in his best years, dies in this way.  Our thoughts go to his family, a lovely wife and a little boy”

It is a warning for all of us who cycle that the roads are dangerous.

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