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)
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