STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Several people have been injured in a train accident in southern Denmark, local police said on X on Friday. (Reporting by Anna Ringstrom, editing by Terje Solsvik)
Train Derails in Southern Denmark, Resulting in Fatalities and Injuries
Overview of the Train Derailment Incident
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -One person was killed and several people were injured when a train hit a vehicle and derailed in southern Denmark on Friday, Danish police said.
Details of the Accident
Pictures from the scene showed that a carriage had been torn from the train and was lying on the side, Danish TV2 reported.
Response from Authorities
Police said that of the 95 people on board the train, one was killed, and several were injured, of whom two were carried away by helicopter, the police of Southern Jutland region of Denmark said in a press release.
Impact on Rail Services
The incident happened when the train hit a vehicle at a road crossing, national rail system operator Banedanmark said on X.
Denmark's national railway operator, state-owned DSB, separately said it had halted all journeys between the towns of Kliplev and Tinglev near Denmark's border with Germany.
(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Nerijus Adomaitis and Anna Ringstrom, editing by Terje Solsvik, William Maclean)
