Several killed in Danish Bridge train accident

January 2, 2019 - A passenger train on a bridge connecting central Denmark’s islands has hit an "unknown object", killing six people and injuring 16 others, Danish police said.

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A tarpaulin from the freight train reportedly hit the passenger train travelling in the opposite direction, prompting it to brake violently.

The rail operator, Danish Railways, earlier told Denmark's TV2 that the victims were passengers on a train going from the city of Odense, on the central Danish island of Funen, to Copenhagen when the accident took place about 8 a.m. local time.

The accident took place on Great Belt Bridge, part of a transport system consisting of a road suspension bridge and a railway tunnel.