Story highlights Fellow UK bands tweet about loss of UK indie pop band Viola Beach and their manager

Swedish police say 5 people were killed when car plummeted from a bridge early Saturday

The four-piece had been in Sweden to play a music festival on Friday

London (CNN) Four members of an up-and-coming British indie rock band and their manager were killed when their car plunged from a bridge into a canal in Sweden on Saturday, according to a statement from the UK Foreign Office.

The victims were the four members of Viola Beach, a band from the northern English town of Warrington, and their manager, Craig Tarry, according to a statement released on behalf of Tarry's family.

Members of British indie rock band Viola Beach, from Warrington, in a promotional image.

The band had played Sweden's Where's the Music? festival in Norrkoping on Friday.

"The family are devastated by these events and are grieving the loss of their son and also for the other families involved in this tragic accident," read the Tarry family statement.

"Craig was a warm, loving person who had worked tirelessly to achieve success and follow his dreams within the music industry. He will be sadly missed by his family and his colleagues."

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