Train accident on Danish bridge kills six

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News / International

02 Jan. 2019 / 12:33

Six people have been killed in a train accident on the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark, BBC reports.

The bridge linking the islands of Zealand and Funen has been shut after the incident, and people are reportedly being evacuated.

Local media reports suggest a tarpaulin from a cargo train hit a passenger train en route to Copenhagen in a heavy storm.

Police could not provide details but confirmed an object had hit the train.

Emergency services were reportedly struggling to reach the train in the bad weather, which had 131 passengers and three crew on board.

The incident took place at about 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT). Tens of thousands of vehicles cross the bridge every day.

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