{"id":67089,"date":"2026-04-23T18:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/67089\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:17:17","slug":"two-trains-collide-in-denmark-injuring-17-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/67089\/","title":{"rendered":"Two trains collide in Denmark, injuring 17 people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p style=\"color:rgb(71, 71, 71)\">Two local trains collided head-on north of Copenhagen on Thursday (23 April), injuring 17 people, five of them critically, according to emergency services.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Two yellow and grey trains were seen at the scene, both with significant damage to their fronts and facing each other in a wooded area. Rescue services described \u201cchaotic\u201d scenes inside the carriages.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                    &#13;\n                                                                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two trains collided head-on, causing large damage to them and sending broken glass flying everywhere,\u201d fire and rescue service leader Christoffer Buhl Martekilde told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                    &#13;\n                                                                                                    <\/p>\n<p>Early morning crash<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson said it was too early to determine the cause of the crash, adding that an extensive investigation would be carried out.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                    &#13;\n                                                                                                    <\/p>\n<p>A total of 38 people are believed to have been on board the two trains at the time of the collision, which occurred shortly before 6:30 a.m. (04:30 GMT), police said.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                    &#13;\n                                                                                                    <\/p>\n<p>Emergency services dispatched 18 vehicles and 47 rescue workers to the scene. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said he had contacted acting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to offer assistance.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                    &#13;\n                                                                                                    <\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on a train line linking the towns of Hiller\u00f8d and Kagerup, police said.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                    &#13;\n                                                                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are injuries among the passengers. Everyone is out of the trains, so no one is trapped&#8230; Large resources have been dispatched to the scene,\u201d a spokesperson told Reuters earlier.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                    &#13;\n                                                                                                    <\/p>\n<p>                                    &#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27521_2026-04-23t073644z-704239333-rc2vukabxcgd-rtrmadp-3-denmark-crash_iff.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                Reuters<\/p>\n<p>                                    &#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27522_2026-04-23t075848z-374400171-rc2vukaaq5e9-rtrmadp-3-denmark-crash_iff.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                Reuters<\/p>\n<p>                                    &#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27523_2026-04-23t093717z-1594107562-rc2wuka5n4e0-rtrmadp-3-denmark-crash_iff.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two local trains collided head-on north of Copenhagen on Thursday (23 April), injuring 17 people, five of them&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[108,26,36765,38,36637,36616],"class_list":{"0":"post-67089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-copenhagen","8":"tag-copenhagen","9":"tag-denmark","10":"tag-injuries-reported","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-railway-accident","13":"tag-train-crash"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116455397617822888","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}