- Title: DENMARK: MANY INJURED IN COACH CRASH NEAR COPENHAGEN.
- Date: 19th August 1967
- Summary: 1. CV FRONT OF COACH ZOOM BACK 0.12 2. CV CRACKED WINDOW 0.17 3. SV DAMAGED FRONT OF COACH 0.22 4. SV SEATING TIPPED FORWARD 0.25 5. CV DESTINATION BOARD 0.28 6. SV SIDE OF COACH 0.32 7. CV DAMAGED SIDE OF COACH TILT UP TO WINDOWS 0.40 8. CV CRACKED WINDOW 0.44 9. CV HOLE IN SIDE OF COACH 0.46 10. CV FRONT OF COACH WITH DAMAGE 0.51 Initials DHC/VS/AS/SM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 3rd September 1967 13:00
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- Location: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
- Country: Denmark
- Reuters ID: LVAB2J6B0X07F6V8ZCRNWD2C3R2U
- Story Text: ELEVEN TOURISTS WERE INJURED -- TWO OF THEM SERIOUSLY -- WHEN TWO COACHES COLLIDED IN COPENHAGEN LAST NIGHT (FRIDAY). ONE OF THE BUSES WAS CARRYING A PARTY OF WEST GERMAN TOURISTS AND THE OTHER ONE CAME FROM TURKEY.
IT IS THOUGHT THE COACHES WERE CARRYING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 60 PASSENGERS. THIS MORNING NINE OF THE INJURED PASSENGERS HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL -- THE OTHER TWO WERE DETAINED FOR MORE EXTENSIVE TREATMENT.
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 10 P.M. LAST NIGHT. THE WEST GERMAN TOURISTS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO THE HARBOUR, WHERE THEY WERE TO TRAVEL TO SWEDEN. THE TURKISH COACH WAS ON A SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF COPENHAGEN.
THE RIGHT HAD SIDE OF THE TURKISH BUS WAS TORN OFF AND THE FRONT OF THE DANISH BUS WAS SMASHED.
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