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The accident occurred near the small town Markaryd when the car Vilks was travelling in crashed into an oncoming truck. Both vehicles caught fire and the truck driver was hospitalised, according to police.
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Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who lived under police protection after his 2007 depiction of the Prophet Mohammed prompted death threats, died Sunday in a car accident.
Lars Vilks, who had been living under police protection, was travelling in a police vehicle that collided with a truck.
Lars Vilks had lived under police protection since depicting Islam’s revered figure with the body of a dog in 2007.