the first official working day had barely taken its beginning, before Denmark was hit by the worst train accident in nearly 30 years.
Eight people have lost their lives, and 16 persons were injured as a result of the accident, in which a lastvognstrailer smoke of a freight train and hit a passing express train on the western part of the great belt Bridge Wednesday at 7.35.
Odense university Hospital, informs on Thursday morning to Ekstra Bladet, that 14 of the injured have been discharged, while two still hospitalized. They do not want to come up with additional information on the extent of people’s injuries.
The were on the way from Aarhus to Copenhagen Airport, when it was hit, and the train braked subsequently fucked up.
Police have not yet released details of those killed, in addition to that there were five women and three men. This is due, among other things, that you had difficulty identifying them, and it was Thursday morning only ‘pretty sure’ of the identity of four of the victims.
112 – 2. jan. 2019 – at. 15:23 Klaus Larsen was with on the train: – just Like a disaster film
None of the employees of DSB, which was on board of the train, are injured.
Photo: Anthon Unger
the Cause of the accident is not yet determined. Both the police and the Accident investigation board is working to determine the cause of the accident.
the Bridge was in periods on Wednesday morning, closed for motorists due to heavy wind, but the wind had a speed, which meant restrictions for train traffic.
112 – 2. jan. 2019 – at. 15:29 Spooky accident: – Never seen a similar accident
It was therefore quite by the book, to both the and to drove over the bridge in high speed.
There was not a breath of wind on the vestbroen, which meant that there were restrictions on the operation of the train. There was a big difference in the wind conditions on the vestbroen and østbroen. Car traffic was closed due to the wind conditions on the østbroen, it said on Wednesday from Kim These Nielsen, Technical Manager at Sund & Bælt, to Ekstra Bladet.
Danish royal – 2. jan. 2019 – at. 14:56 Now talking deeply affected the minister of dødsulykken
the Facts: Denmark’s worst since train accidents
Eight persons were on Wednesday morning, life in a railway accident on the great belt Bridge as an express train on the way from the island of Funen to Zealand was hit by parts from a freight train, which was travelling in the opposite direction.
It is the worst train accident of the Danish railways since 1988.
* 7. november 2002, a person killed and five people injured when two trains collide at Holte Station.
* 2. march 2000, injuring two drivers and a passenger, when two regional trains collide at the disused station in Kølkær between Herning and Brande.
* 1. may 1997 encounter two commuter trains on the Helsingør-Hornbæk-Gilleleje Banen together by Firhøj the south-east of Gilleleje. Two people are killed and around 20 injured.
* 18. January 1993 encounter a regional train along with a ranking of a freight train a half mile south of the Naestved Stadium. A passenger and a DSB-worker gets killed and four passengers injured.
* 28. december 1992 being a driver killed and two passengers are more easily injured, since the night train from Frederikshavn to Copenhagen to be derailed in a switch at the entrance to Roskilde Station.
* 19. august 1991 was a 25-year-old man killed and 70 persons injured, when a line B train towards Holte at Dybbølsbro Station collides with a line C-train from Klampenborg.
* 25. april 1988 to be eight people killed and 72 injured in a train accident in the town of Sorø, where a train with high speed running of the track.
* 11. march 1986 braces a freight train on its way from Copenhagen to Roskilde through blindsporets stopbom at Hvidovre Station and crashing on the Lyrics. A person is killed.
* 9. september 1983 running a passenger train from Frederikssund against an oncoming materieltog at Stenlose in denmark. Three people are killed and 22 are injured.
* 7. september 1973 running an S-train to Hillerød, into a stationary train at the entrance to a Railway Station. Two are killed and 23 injured.
* 24. march 1971 to encounter the S-train with runaway goods wagons between Birkerød and Allerød, whereby a person is killed and five wounded.
* 10. august 1967 running the “Nordjyden” up in the stationary system “Sydvestjyden” outside Odense. 11 are killed and 47 injured.
* 1. november 1919 at Vigerslev running an express train from Korsør with violent force into the five rear wagons on a train from Kalundborg, which is stationary because of an emergency brake, because a child has opened the door and fallen out on the rails. 40 people lose their lives and almost 30 persons being injured.
* 26. July 1913, injuring 15 people, as the train “Emigranten” derails on the way to Esbjerg shortly after passing the Bramminge (today’s Yorkshire) station.
* 11. July 1897 holds a delayed commuter train in the evening at Gentofte Station ready for departure. It is however, not to leave the station, before a specialtog slamming into it and squashing the four rear wagons. 32 are killed immediately, and eight more die later of their injuries. 132 being additionally injured.
Sources: Ritzau, DSB and Gentofte Municipality in denmark.
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To who was involved in the accident, drove among other things, with boxes of empty Carlsberg beer. Pictures showed how sheets of the boxes had been ripped up.
Photo: Anthon Unger
At Deutsche Bahn Scandinavia, whose freight train was involved in the accident, is awaiting you also in more detail, before you conclude anything about the accident.
– We can see, there is major damage to the godstogets wagons and tarpaulins, but what has caused the accident, should investigations turn fixed over the next days and weeks, said Jan Wildau, vice president of corporate affairs, on Wednesday to Ekstra Bladet.
112 – 2. jan. 2019 – at. 11:32 Therefore got the beer-the train is allowed to run across the bridge
112 – 2. jan. 2019 – at. 11:44 Carlsberg after the accident: We are deeply concerned
Neither the police or the Aib can even come up with any suggestions on what was at fault in the accident. They have thus rejected to come up with preliminary conclusions.
– We have initiated the study and is collecting data and facts. It is to assemble a jigsaw puzzle in order to establish what has happened and what you can do to prevent such thing happens again, it sounded Wednesday from Bo Haaning from the Aib.
At 8 o’clock on Thursday morning held The Police press conference about the case. See or revisit it here. Video: Ritzau
Community – 2. jan. 2019 – at. 17:17 The Police rebuke the danes: – It is SO MUCH not working
After the accident created the police, a shelter in Bakersfield, where the total of passengers who had been on board the train. The temporary shelter was closed again at noon on Wednesday.
Railway traffic over the bridge has since the accident been set, however, on Thursday morning begin the trains to once again run across the bridge in a single track. Therefore, there will still be major delays in rail traffic across the great belt.
Close to the Fireman on the historical fatal accident: Carriages were thrown around.
