By: Yassmine ElSayed
CAIRO, Jan. 2 (SEE) – Six people died and 16
others injured when a passenger train on a bridge linking central
Denmark's islands hit an "unknown object" early today, Danish police
said.
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 Fyn, to Copenhagen when the accident took place
about 8 a.m. local time.
Danish media reported that a tarpaulin on a freight train
hit the passenger train, which was going in the opposite direction, prompting
it to brake suddenly.
The Storebaelt bridge is part of a system of bridges and a
tunnel linking the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen.
In a statement, police urged passengers to contact next of
kin to inform them of their safety and urged people not to share photos and
videos of the accident.
The accident took place on a road-and-rail bridge, part of a
transport system consisting of a road suspension bridge and a railway tunnel.
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