Train collision in Denmark prompts massive emergency response near Copenhagen

Two ​local trains collided head-on in Denmark on Thursday, injuring at least 17 people, four of ​whom ‌were in a ⁠critical condition, according to the emergency service. A police statement called it "a serious accident" but a police spokesman said that all passengers had been evacuated from the trains. The incident ‌happened north of Copenhagen, on a train line linking the towns of Hillerod ‌and Kagerup, according to police. "It is two ​local trains that have collided head-on," a spokesperson for the rescue services 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," the spokesperson added. The alert was raised at 6:30am, according to police spokesman Tim Simonsen. Mayor Trine Egetved, of Gribskov Municipality, said some of the injured were flown to the hospital in a post on Facebook. She said the crash occurred on a local rail line that's used by many Gribskov residents, employees and schoolchildren. 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. (FRANCE 24 with AP, Reuters and AFP)