In a train accident on the bridge over the Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark came on Wednesday morning, six people were killed. A further 16 were announced and the injured as the police of the Region of Funen (Fyn).
The Danish railway company, DSB, according to the 131 passengers and three crew members were in the Unfallzug. According to the Danish news Agency Ritzau it was the worst rail accident in Denmark since 1988.
The train was taken around 7: 30 p.m. from a subject and had hard brakes, as the police announced. A spokesman for the police on the island of Funen said that he could give no details of the accident.
The train crash could be due to a freight train transported empty trucks have been triggered. Bo Haaning by the competent accident Commission said, according to the Danish news Agency Ritzau, the Trailer had been tipped over on Wednesday morning, probably or of the freight train thrown down. He had rammed the oncoming Express train on either the front or the side. For more details about the cause of the accident was not there but still.
The freight subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, DB Cargo, operated freight train was transporting beer crates and packing material from the Carlsberg brewery. On images, it is possible to see that in the case of several wagons, large parts of the side trim is missing, the beer were torn boxes.
passenger reports of loud impact
Heidi long mountain Zumbusch had just taken their place in the train, when the disaster struck. “There was a loud crash and then the window fell on our heads,” she said to the Danish broadcaster DR. The passengers had been thrown to the ground, then the train had stopped.
“We were lucky. In the case of the people in the car in front of us that was not so,” added long mountain Zumbusch. Of other passengers, you’ve heard that the side of this car had been destroyed. Photos of the damaged freight was to be found – several containers with beer crates were damaged.
21’000 train Passengers a day on the bridge
The 18-Kilometer-long bridge across the Great Belt and the öresund bridge between Denmark and Sweden were closed due to strong wind for the car traffic. In the morning the Storebæltbrücke was, at least in one direction is passable.
the bridge over The great belt connects the Danish Islands of Funen and Zealand (Sjælland) and is one of the most important transport routes in Denmark. On Zealand and Copenhagen. On the bridge, approximately 21,000 people in passenger trains and more than 27’000 vehicles a day.
strong Wind had passed on Wednesday in large Parts of Scandinavia to power outages and traffic delays. Also, the ferry service was affected by the storm. In Sweden great belt on Wednesday morning because of fallen trees more than 100 000 households without electricity
card:-bridge The 18-Kilometer-long bridge connects East and West Denmark. (nlu/sep/sda/afp)
Created: 02.01.2019, 10:04 PM
