Debris believed to be from a cargo train collided into a passenger train traveling in the opposite direction towards Copenhagen during a severe storm. Denmark has never experienced such a fatal accident sincce 1988.
Debris believed to be from a cargo train smashed into a passenger train traveling in the opposite direction towards Copenhagen during a severe storm. It has been described as Denmark's worst accident since 1988.
Eight people were killed and at least a dozen injured on Wednesday morning in a train accident on a bridge linking the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen.
Denmark's Accident Investigation Board is investigating whether an empty freight container had blown off a cargo train wagon onto the tracks.
The freight containter probably overturned or was blown off the freight train, said accident investigator Bo Haaning. It rammed an oncoming passenger train either frontally or laterally, causing it to brake suddenly, he said.
Severe storm stalls rescuers
There were at least 131 passengers and three employees on board the express passenger train when the accident happened during strong wings at around 7:30 a.m. CET (0630 UTC),
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II said her "deepest sympathies go to the bereaved and their families, as well as those injured.
Rasmussen's Finnish counterpart, Juha Sipila, issued a statement expressing his condolences to the families of the victims and to all who are touched by the accident.
Debris believed to be from a cargo train smashed into a passenger train traveling in the opposite direction towards Copenhagen during a severe storm. It has been described as Denmark's worst accident since 1988.
Denmark's Accident Investigation Board is investigating whether an empty freight container had blown off a cargo train wagon onto the tracks.
The freight containter probably overturned or was blown off the freight train, said accident investigator Bo Haaning. It rammed an oncoming passenger train either frontally or laterally, causing it to brake suddenly, he said.
Severe storm stalls rescuers
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II said her "deepest sympathies go to the bereaved and their families, as well as those injured.
Rasmussen's Finnish counterpart, Juha Sipila, issued a statement expressing his condolences to the families of the victims and to all who are touched by the accident.
may their gentle soul rest on
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