Great Belt Bridge rail accident

When

2 Jan 2019

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

55.30° N, 10.86° E

Description

January 2019 railway accident in Denmark

Deaths

8

Injured

16

2019 Danish rail accident with eight deaths

The Great Belt Bridge rail accident occurred on 2 January 2019 on the Great Belt Fixed Link in Denmark when a passenger train collided with a semi-trailer from or on a passing freight train. The Great Belt Fixed Link is an 18 km (11 mi) long bridge–tunnel connection between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen, and the accident happened on the West Bridge, near Funen.

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