One useless and a number of other injured as Danish prepare hits tanker and derails

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At the least one individual has died and a number of other others have been injured after a prepare collided with a slurry tanker and derailed in southern Denmark, officers stated.

Police stated the crash occurred between the cities of Tinglev and Kliplev in southern Jutland, and that officers had been on the website.

Native outlet TV2 reported helicopters had been despatched to the scene and quoted native rail officers as saying the prepare had "hit a slurry tanker" at a stage crossing.

The nation's rail operator DSB stated that it had shut down companies between Tinglev and Sønderborg close to the German border.

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Footage from the scene confirmed a carriage mendacity on its aspect, with passengers stood across the prepare tracks.

Police stated 95 passengers had been on board, together with pupils from a faculty in Sønderborg. Two of the injured had been carried away by helicopter.

The nationwide rail company Banedanmark wrote on X that the collision occurred at a railway crossing. In response to native media, at the least two of the prepare carriages had been derailed.