Swedish police say five British people have been killed after their car plunged more than 25 metres from a road bridge into a canal in Stockholm.

Sources suggest the dead included all four members of indie band Viola Beach from Warrington, along with one of the group's managers.

The band was on tour in Sweden and played the Where is the Music Festival last Friday. 

The victims were aged between 19 and 35.

Fans of the band have taken to social media to express their shock at the tragedy. 

Divers have recovered the bodies but the cause of the accident on the E4 highway isn't known.

The UK Foreign Office says it's supporting the families of those involved.