At least 10 people injured after two trains collide in Denmark

23 Apr 2026, 07:00 by AFP, https://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/ · TheJournal.ie

LAST UPDATE | 3 hrs ago

TWO TRAINS CRASHED head-on near the Danish capital Copenhagen this morning, leaving several people injured, police and media reports said.

Media reports said about 10 people had been injured in the collision between the towns of Hillerod and Kagerup, about 40 kilometers north of Copenhagen.

A police statement called it “a serious accident” but a police spokesman told AFP that all passengers had been evacuated from the trains.

“Two trains collided and the police and emergency services are mobilised in large numbers,” the statement said.

Two trains collided between Hilleroed and Kagerup, north of Copenhagen

Photos from the scene show the front ends of the trains smashed, though both remained upright on the tracks.

The alert was raised at 6:30am (05:30 Irish time), according to police spokesman Tim Simonsen.

“It was a head-on collision and there are injuries among the passengers,” he told AFP, without giving details.

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.