Six killed in Danish bridge train accident

Six people were killed and 16 injured in a train accident on a bridge connecting central Denmark’s islands


07:00 GMT, Jan 2: Tarpaulin from freight train reportedly hits passenger train going in opposite direction, prompting it to brake violently


DENMARK
Copenhagen
SWEDEN
Baltic Sea
GERMANY
100km 60 miles


Great Belt Bridge
Odense
FUNEN
Nyborg
Great Belt
Halseby
Slagelse
ZEALAND
10km 6 miles


Source: Associated Press 
Picture: Getty Images 
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