Two local trains collided head-on north of Copenhagen on Thursday (23 April), injuring 17 people, five of them critically, according to emergency services.
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 “chaotic” scenes inside the carriages.
“The two trains collided head-on, causing large damage to them and sending broken glass flying everywhere,” fire and rescue service leader Christoffer Buhl Martekilde told reporters.
A police spokesperson said it was too early to determine the cause of the crash, adding that an extensive investigation would be carried out.
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.
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.
The incident occurred on a train line linking the towns of Hillerød and Kagerup, police said.
“There are injuries among the passengers. Everyone is out of the trains, so no one is trapped... Large resources have been dispatched to the scene,” a spokesperson told Reuters earlier.
The injured have since been transported from the scene by ambulance and helicopter, the fire department said on X.
Denmark’s worst railway disaster this century occurred in 2019, when a high-speed train struck an obstacle on a bridge during a storm, killing eight people and injuring many more in what police described as a difficult rescue operation.
While such accidents are rare in Denmark, one person was killed and several others were injured in 2025 when a train struck a vehicle and derailed in the south of the country.
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