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Offline sjlauritsen  
#1 Posted : 19 September 2009 11:57:19(UTC)
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sjlauritsen

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This morning a train on its way from Kalundborg to Copenhagen crashed into a truck parked in a crossing. The details why the accident occured is yet to be determined.

The accident happened around 6:55 in the morning. The truck caught fire and is completely destroyed. The engine of the truck was thrown several meters into a nearby field. The two train drivers were jammed and needed to be cut free by the firemen.

One person has died and three persons are seriously injured.

There were 20 passengers on the train, most of them DSB personnel on their way to work.

The story is currently developing...

Details about the train:
Class IC3 "Rubbernose" with road number 5037 and named "Doktor Larsen". The train was built by Scandia in 1991.


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Offline Goofy  
#2 Posted : 19 September 2009 12:07:27(UTC)
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Sad indeed!

It´s very unuseful that an trainaccident happens now in Europe or Scandinavia with fatal as results.

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Offline sjlauritsen  
#3 Posted : 19 September 2009 12:19:38(UTC)
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Video from the crash site:
http://ekstrabladet.tv/n...r/112/article1225094.ece
(the video will start after a 10 second commercial)

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Offline sjlauritsen  
#4 Posted : 19 September 2009 12:42:48(UTC)
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Latest development

It is now confirmed that it is the truck driver who has been killed in the accident.

The two train drivers were seriously injured and are now in the hospital.

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Offline Ranjit  
#5 Posted : 19 September 2009 16:19:49(UTC)
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Why was the truck parked at the crossing? Was it stuck?

Btw, can't load the video, Søren!

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Offline sjlauritsen  
#6 Posted : 19 September 2009 17:13:42(UTC)
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[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Ranjit
<br />Why was the truck parked at the crossing? Was it stuck?

Btw, can't load the video, Søren!



There is currently no clues on what actually happened. Although there was a thick fog this morning. The police thinks that the truck driver failed to see the crossing.

As for the video, their video site is pretty lame, but if you use IE8 to browse the site, it should work. Unless there are some Denmark-only restrictions that I do not know of.

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Offline usta  
#7 Posted : 19 September 2009 17:22:13(UTC)
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I am very sad for dead crew

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Offline Rud  
#8 Posted : 19 September 2009 17:27:24(UTC)
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I have a brother who lives nearby and he says that it was very foggy this morning, and the halfbarriers that secures the crossing are sometimes closed for quite some time, maybe up to 10 minutes. He also says that it is not uncommon for drivers to neglect the halfbarriers when they are down, and zig-zag across the crossing. Maybe this is what happened this morning.
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Offline Goofy  
#9 Posted : 19 September 2009 20:13:56(UTC)
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There is red warningslight too!
I think the truckdriver was perhaps drunk or he did just toke an chance to get quick over the railcrossing.

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Offline sjlauritsen  
#10 Posted : 19 September 2009 23:17:12(UTC)
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Update

All the passengers from the train has now left the hospital.

The two train drivers are still in the hospital. One of them has been put into controlled coma, and the other has a broken spine.

The Danish rail authorities has been working all day with the rebuilding of the track.

This evening, DSB Regio announced that the train traffic is back to normal.

There is no new information about the cause of the crash.

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#11 Posted : 20 September 2009 02:01:05(UTC)
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This is sad. Really terrible.

Something similar happened in Sweden too. It´s just on the other side of my town. Also a similar train. The accident also happened at a crossing. A truck was also involved. The driver of the train was killed. I also heard that the one who discovered the dead driver was a pupil I had had in class.
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Offline sjlauritsen  
#12 Posted : 20 September 2009 12:18:12(UTC)
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Update

News reports tells us that the train driver died in the hospital this morning.

Very sad.


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Offline kimballthurlow  
#13 Posted : 20 September 2009 12:23:08(UTC)
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Level or grade crossings are very common in Australia too, and I can recall one serious accident every year for a long time, and many have died. It is very sad.
Despite the red flashing lights on most, and lowering barriers on a small number, the inattention of road users is to blame.
Road drivers need to be totally vigilant around railway crossings.
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#14 Posted : 20 September 2009 12:50:45(UTC)
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Very sad indeed.
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#15 Posted : 20 September 2009 14:51:10(UTC)
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As Kimball mentioned, in Australia it is maybe mor common for those type of accident to happen.
Nevertheless, every accident is tragic, especially when you've experienced one yourself.

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Offline sjlauritsen  
#16 Posted : 20 September 2009 19:26:12(UTC)
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[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by kimballthurlow
<br />Level or grade crossings are very common in Australia too, and I can recall one serious accident every year for a long time, and many have died. It is very sad.


In Denmark we have around a 1000 railroad crossings. Approx. 300 - 400 of them is without lowering barriers. The rail road authorities remove about 30 - 40 of the crossings each year. The goals is to have them all removed - some day - but projects like these take time and are very expensive.

In Denmark, according to the law, crossing a rail road when the flashing red light is on, is the same as running a red light in an intersection. Many people seem not to care though.

Yesterday's accident proves that even if you cannot see the train, it does not mean that it is not there...

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