Reports said the victims were on a train from the central Danish island of
Funen to the capital Copenhagen when the accident occurred at around 8 a.m.
What we do now is run an investigation, which is very thorough, and therefore it will take time before we can say exactly what happened,"
Funen police Chief Lars Braemhoj said.
The accident took place on a roadand-rail bridge, part of the Storebaelt system of bridges and a tunnel linking the Danish islands of Zealand and
Funen.
The Great Belt Bridge also known as Storebaelt is part of bridges and a tunnel link between the Danish islands of Zealand and
Funen.
The bridge was closed for both trains and vehicles towards the island of
Funen, while car traffic towards Zealand had opened again.
Funen (Fyn), Zealand (Sjaelland), Langeland in Denmark (Vilhelmsen 2007) and Ruegen (Rugen) in Germany (Buchner et al.
I took a break from the Vikings in Odense, the third biggest city in Denmark on the island of
Funen. It's where storyteller Hans Christian Andersen was born - and where I went for a touch of retail therapy in department store Magasin.
Local people in areas that had been shortlisted for the dump, such as Kerteminde on the island of
Funen, celebrated at the news.
Two trains derailed on the Danish island of
Funen, leaving one of the conductors with minor injuries.
In Denmark, motorists were advised that the 18km-long Storebaelt Bridge over the Great Belt, a strait between the main islands of Zealand and
Funen, would be closed for a few hours.
MO is still a student at
Funen Academy of Fine Art, and she says there are many times where she will happen upon an art movement that will spark off her creativity and filter it's way into her own music.
As we neared the
Funen Island harbour village, which was their destination they invited me to visit their school.