Several people hit Copenhagen – Diepresse.com
The older gentleman lost control of his car.
Several people have been approached near a bridge used by thousands of cyclists every day in the center of Copenhagen. The police of the Danish capital spoke of a traffic accident. An older man had lost control of his car, she said on the X platform.
There the police initially wrote from five reported injuries. Later, a police spokesman told TV 2 and the newspaper « Ekstra Bladet » that at least eleven people had been injured, including the driver himself. Two of the injured should be in critical condition.
The disaster was cordoned off
The Drronning Louises Bro (Queen Louise Bridge) is a busy bridge between the city center of Copenhagen and the northern district of Nørrebro. It leads over several merging lakes (Søerne), which serve the Copenhagener as a central local recreation location. So far, the bridge has already crossed more than 1.2 million cyclists this year.
Even after the incident, which occurred on the north bank in front of a bakery, the after -work traffic continued over the bridge. The scene of the accident itself was cordoned off. In the meantime, around a dozen health and fire trucks could be seen on the bank. There was a red car between them, the suspected accident car. (APA)