Image copyright EPA Image caption One of the freight train's trailers was seen badly damaged by the collision

Eight people are now confirmed dead after Wednesday's train crash in Denmark, making it the country's worst rail accident in decades. fottodk/iStock(LONDON) — Six people have died and 16 more were injured in Denmark after debris detached from a cargo train and hit a passenger express train on the Great Belt Bridge, authorities said Wednesday. The passenger train was heading towards the capital when it was hit by objects or tarpaulin from a freight train, according to Banedanmark, which is responsible for maintenance and traffic control of the railway network. Kasper Elbjorn, a spokesman for Carlsberg, told ABC News the company would be doing “everything to help.”

“Deutsche Bahn Cargo, the shipper of our goods has unfortunately confirmed to us that cargo train carrying our goods was involved in the accident,” Elbjorn said. The accident happened shortly before 7.35 a.m. (0635 GMT) during a severe storm that hampered the rescue operation on the 18-km (11-mile) Great Belt Bridge between Zealand and Funen, Denmark's two major islands. Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said his thoughts were with the victims and their families and he thanked the authorities for their response to the accident. The accident involving a freight train and a passenger train took place at 7.35 am local time on the lower section of the Great Belt Bridge between the islands of Zealand and Funen.
An express train crashes into an object dropped from a cargo train on the Great Belt Bridge between Funen and Zealand in Denmark, killing at least eight people and leaving several injured.