Two trains collided in Denmark on Thursday, injuring 17 people, five of them critically, authorities said.
The crash occurred near Hillerød, north of Copenhagen, and police received alerts at about 6:30 a.m. (0430 GMT).
“We can’t provide any details for now about the cause of the accident,” police official Morten Kaare Pedersen told reporters.
A police statement described the incident as a “serious accident” and said police and emergency services were deployed in large numbers.
“It is two local trains that have collided head-on,” a Greater Copenhagen fire department spokesperson said.
Police and rescue teams are currently in attendance at the scene of the crash
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“There are injuries among the passengers,” the spokesperson added. “Everyone is out of the trains, so no one is trapped.”
Denmark prides itself on a safe transportation system, but there have been notable accidents in the past. In 2019, a train crash killed eight and injured 16. In August last year, one person died and 27 were injured when a train struck a slurry tanker and derailed in southern Denmark, near the German border.
Edited by: Sean Sinico