Danish police raise toll in train accident to eight from six

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News ID: 33676
Publish Date: 14:40 - 03 January 2019
TEHRAN, Jan 3 - Five women and three men died in Wednesday's train accident on a bridge linking Denmark's two main islands, police said on Thursday, raising the toll from six.

Danish police raise toll in train accident to eight from sixTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Police said they had identified four of the bodies but bad weather and severe damage to the train made an initial investigation difficult.

"Our investigation shows that there was a further two killed in the train," the spokesman said.

The train with 131 passengers on board was heading towards the capital, Copenhagen, when it hit debris from a freight train.

Source: Reuters

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