1st LD: One dead, several injured in southern Denmark train derailment


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  • Saturday, 16 Aug 2025

OSLO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and several others were injured on Friday afternoon when a passenger train collided with a farm vehicle and derailed in southern Denmark, local authorities said.

The InterCityLyn 951 service, carrying about 95 passengers, was traveling between Tinglev and Kliplev on its way to Sonderborg when it struck the vehicle at a railway crossing south of Bjerndrup, according to Denmark's national rail operator DSB. The front carriage derailed and overturned in a field, according to DSB CEO Flemming Jensen.

Two of the injured passengers were airlifted to hospital, and authorities have activated emergency support to assist passengers and others affected.

Train services between Tinglev and Sonderborg have been suspended for the rest of Friday and all of Saturday, with replacement buses in operation. An investigation team from Banedanmark, the rail infrastructure manager, is examining the cause of the accident.

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