the Danish police announced on Thursday morning that the death toll of Wednesday’s train accident on the Great belt bridge has risen to eight people, five women and three men, then two additional deaths have been found.
Testimony from olyckståget, with over 130 people on board, shows that many of the victims sat on the left side of the first cart, the part of the train with severe injuries.
the wrote on Facebook after the accident.
”Dear all. I was on the express train across the Great Belt in the morning. I have no physical damage, and is therefore ok. Quite miraculous, when I sat in the first carriage at the front.”
”All on my left side as sat in the quiet interior died, but I sat down to the right. Life is fragile. One moment his man on the way in the train, and suddenly turn everything to chaos.”
can be beautiful, but also terribly brutal. Later in the day, he declined to give further interviews to the Danish newspapers.
– It is the people who have died and I am not going to have 15 minutes of fame on the family’s expense, he said to Ekstrabladet.
Police and emergency crews worked throughout the night at the scene of the accident and under extreme conditions. At the same time, the added haverikommissionen its work to find explanations for the accident.
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, said to Danish tv that much suggests that an empty trailer may have fallen by the goods train in the harsh wind.
– You can see out there that there is a trailer that has overturned or blown by the goods train and into the Intercitytåget. If the met at the front or on the side, I don’t know, ” said Hanning.
the goods train was loaded with empty bottles on the way to the brewery Carlsberg plant.
said police in this state do not want to come up with delförklaringar to the accident.
Many of the victims have severe injuries and are identified with the help of dna-dental.
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