One killed, several injured after train derails in Denmark

The incident happened when the train hit a vehicle at a road crossing

An ambulance and a bus approach near the site where a passenger train en route to Soenderborg derailed, in the village of Bjerndrup between Kliplev and Tinglev in Southern Jutland. Picture: Robert Wengler/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters

One person was killed and several people were injured when a train hit a vehicle and derailed in southern Denmark on Friday, Danish police said.

Pictures from the scene showed that a carriage had been torn from the train and was lying on the side, Danish TV2 reported.