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Train accident on Danish bridge kills six | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Six people have been killed and 16 injured in a train accident on the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark, police said. | |
Local media reports suggest a tarpaulin from a freight train hit a commuter train during a heavy storm, forcing it to brake suddenly. | |
The commuter train, running from Odense to the capital Copenhagen, was struck at about 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT). | |
Police could not provide details but confirmed an object had hit the train. | |
Images from the scene show containers on the freight train with their sides torn off. | |
Emergency services reportedly struggled to reach the passenger train in the bad weather, which came to a stop on the bridge. | |
It had 131 passengers and three crew on board. | |
An emergency centre has been set up at the western end of the bridge in the town of Nyborg. | |
The bridge is closed to both cars and trains towards the island of Funen, but car traffic toward Zealand has now reopened. | |
Tens of thousands of vehicles cross the bridge every day, and the storm had already caused several accidents on the road bridge earlier on Tuesday. | |
Denmark's capital city Copenhagen is on the island of Zealand, while the city of Odense lies on Funen to the west. | Denmark's capital city Copenhagen is on the island of Zealand, while the city of Odense lies on Funen to the west. |