Madonna truck overturns on Swedish highway

A truck carrying the giant sound system for Madonna's 2012 World Tour has flipped on its side outside the Swedish city of Gothenburg, blocking rush-hour traffic in both directions.

Madonna on stage at Parken in Copenhagen as part of her MDNA world tour  

The American singer is scheduled to perform at the city's Ullevi stadium on Wednesday night, in her first concert in the country in three years.

Christopher Akesson, a spokesman for Live Nation, the tour's organiser, said that the concert was expected to go on as planned.

"We are working to prepare for the concert," he said. "I suspect that if there was anything serious, we would have had information about it by this time."

According to Swedish police, the truck skidded over the railing separating the south and northbound lanes of the E6 motorway at seven o'clock on Tuesday morning.

It had travelled from Copenhagen, where the 53-year-old singer on Monday performed a typically raunchy set in a push-up leopard-skin bra and an all-black 'assassin' outfit.

Three passenger cars collided as they steered away to avoid the truck, damaging the cars but leaving their drivers unhurt.
The driver of the truck has been taken to hospital in Gothenburg, although police said his injuries are not serious.
The truck's diesel tanks were damaged in the accident, so emergency crews have only been able to open one lane, while the while police assess the risk of moving the vehicle.
Mr Akesson said the tour organisers had yet to find out the cause of the accident. "It's too early to say anything about it," he said.
The World Tour follows the release of the singer's latest studio album, "MDNA", which was released on March 26th.