A teenage survivor of a Danish rail crash described clambering over dead bodies to save injured passengers after six were killed when cargo toppled from a Carlsberg freight train into a passenger train.
Police have been investigating whether the crash - at 8am Wednesday morning on the Storebaelt - or Great Belt - Bridge was caused by beer crates topping from the freight train as stormy weather battered the area.
Local media reported that a trailer fell from one of the freight train's carriages and survivors said the passenger train braked suddenly.
Police say 16 people were injured in the accident and the passenger train had taken 'considerable damage'.
Simon Voldsgaard Tøndering, 19, told Politiken: 'We had to climb over the dead people lying on the floor under all the debris to get to injured people and help them.'
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Aftermath: workers examine the badly damaged passenger train which appears to have parts of the freight train caught in its mangled metalwork
Damaged Carlsberg freight containers stand on the Great Belt Bridge in Nyborg, Denmark, on Wednesday morning with their tarpaulins ripped and beer crates stacked precariously inside them
A map showing where the freight train came to a halt after it crashed with the passenger train on the Great Belt Bridge
Damage can be seen to the front of the passenger train which appears to have material from the freight train embedded in its front
The devastated interior of the passenger train can be seen as electrics and fittings dangle from the roof with the rough seas visible through the window
The teenage survivor, who was on his way to work, continued: 'Suddenly, the train started properly shaking. I looked out the window and saw sparks flying from the side of the train.
'Then all the windows started breaking and shards were flying over us and the panels in the ceilings were torn off. Then everything went black.'
The train was heading from Odense on the island of Funen to the capital, Copenhagen, on the island of Zealand.
Stormy weather meant the 11-mile bridge was closed to cars overnight but trains were still permitted to cross despite the high winds.
Jesper Nielsen, another passenger on the train, told TV2 the train 'was out on the bridge when there was a huge "bang" ... and very quickly thereafter, the train braked.'
The carnage aboard the train after the sudden braking caused glass to shatter across the floor and interior fittings to break
The sudden force caused by the brakes appears to have shattered the window of the passenger train and torn lighting fixtures from the roof
Officials examine the damage to the freight train on the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark on Wednesday after the fatal accident
Passengers, who were not injured, arrive at Nyborg's Sports hall where a temporary crisis centre is dealing with victims of the train crash
An official inspects the wreckage of the freight train whose carriages have been ripped open to reveal stacks of Carlsberg beer crates
Survivors of the train crash arrive at Nyborg's Sports Hall where emergency teams set up an evacuation point for those who were uninjured in the train crash
The passenger train lies empty after it was evacuated this morning, extensive damage to the interior is obvious through the windows, with electrics and fixtures dangling from the ceiling
Debris can be seen on the tracks after the fatal collision which claimed six lives and caused injuries to 16 other passengers
The line of damaged containers are surrounded by emergency crews who have cordoned off the surrounding area
It is the worst accident of its kind for more than 30 years.
Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said: 'Ordinary Danes on their way to work or heading home from the C
A Carlsberg spokesman, Kasper Elbjoern says the company transporting the cargo 'has unfortunately confirmed that the freight train that was transporting our freight has been involved in the accident.'
Denmark's TV2 showed images of a freight train with the tarpaulin that covered the train torn in pieces.
There were 131 passengers and three employees aboard the train, according to DR.
Shattered glass inside the passenger train after the incident on the bridge in Nyborg, Denmark
Debris is strewn across the tracks where the authorities have put out cones to mark out the area of their investigation
Danish rail operator DSB confirmed that six people had been killed after a passenger train was forced to brake suddenly by objects flying off the freight train
Policemen block the road after access to the Great Belt Bridge was closed following the railway accident
A policeman walks across a closed road after the accident on the Great Belt Bridge involving two trains
The Danish broadcaster said that police were urging survivors to contact their loved ones to let them know they are safe.
Police set up an evacuation centre in a nearby sports centre to shelter passengers.
Bo Haaning of the Danish Accident Investigation Board was quoted as saying it could take months before the cause of the accident could be determined.
The Storebaelt or Great Belt Bridge is part of bridges and tunnel link between the Danish islands.
Vehicles were backed up for miles after the police closed the Great Belt Bridge this morning following the fatal crash
Crisis team members arrive at Nyborg's Sports hall to aid those who were aboard the passenger train
The rough seas beneath the Storebaelt bridge where rough weather may have caused cargo to come loose from the Carlsberg freight train
Passengers from the train arrive at the Nyborg Sports Hall where they are being processed by authorities and looked after
The tarpaulin covering the side of one of the freight train containers has been entirely shredded and loose beer crates can be seen stacked precariously within
The Great Belt Bridge in Nyborg, Denmark on Tuesday after the train accident in which several were reported to have been killed
The bent metal of the freight train after the crash on Wednesday morning during high winds on the Storebaelt bridge, near Nyborg
A policeman stands on the cordoned off road beneath the bridge where the cargo train lies in ruins after the crash
Thousands of the commuters make the journey across the bridge everyday; Copenhagen is situated on Zealand.
The government agency responsible for Danish railways said on Twitter that no further trains would cross the Storebaelt link on Wednesday, adding it was aiming to allow train crossings to resume Thursday.
In previous train accidents in Denmark, eight people were killed and 72 injured in 1988 when a train derailed because of high speed near Soroe, west of Copenhagen.
Denmark's worst train accident occurred in 1919, when an express train collided with a stopped train in Copenhagen due to a dispatcher error. A total of 40 people were killed and some 60 were injured.
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