Danish train moving at ‘relatively high speed’ when it hit farm truck
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Police said a 60-year-old woman was killed in the Aug 15 accident, and five of the 27 people injured are in a critical condition.
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- Danish police report a fatal train crash involving a truck, resulting in one death and 27 injuries, some critical.
- The express train was travelling at "a relatively high speed" when it collided with the truck at an unguarded crossing.
- An investigation will determine if signals at the crossing were functioning; a similar fatal accident occurred nearby in July.
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COPENHAGEN – Danish police said on Aug 16 that an express train that hit a farm truck, killing one person and injuring 27, was travelling at a “relatively high speed” when the collision happened.
The drivers of the train and the truck are both among the critically injured from the Aug 15 accident
A 60-year-old woman was killed and five of the 27 injured are in critical condition, police said.
The train was travelling from Copenhagen to the western town of Sonderborg.
The truck, carrying agricultural waste, was crossing the railway at a point where there was no barrier, according to police.
The train was travelling at “a relatively high speed” at the time of the accident, police told a press conference.
The investigation would determine whether the light and sound signals at the crossing had worked at the time of the collision, the authorities said.
TV2 television said that in July, a 24-year-old driver was killed at a similar crossing 3km away when his car was hit by a train. AFP
