Two local trains collided head-on in Denmark on Thursday, injuring at least 18 people, five of whom were in a critical condition, according to the emergency service.
A police statement called it “a serious accident” but a police spokesman said that all passengers had been evacuated from the trains.
The incident happened north of Copenhagen, on a train line linking the towns of Hillerod and Kagerup, according to police.
“It is two local trains that have collided head-on,” a spokesperson for the rescue services said.
“There are injuries among the passengers. Everyone is out of the trains, so no one is trapped … Large resources have been dispatched to the scene,” the spokesperson added.
The alert was raised at 6:30am, according to police spokesman Tim Simonsen.
Mayor Trine Egetved, of Gribskov Municipality, said some of the injured were flown to the hospital in a post on Facebook.
She said the crash occurred on a local rail line that’s used by many Gribskov residents, employees and schoolchildren.
Denmark prides itself on its safety record, but a 2019 train crash left eight dead and 16 injured.
In August last year, an express train hit a farm truck on a crossing killing one person and injuring 27 people.
(FRANCE 24 with AP, Reuters and AFP)