<span style="color: #222222;">Six people were killed in a train accident Wednesday on a Danish bridge linking the central islands of Zealand and Funen. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Authorities said several others were injured in the accident, which took place at about 8 am local time. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Danish Railways told Denmark's TV2 that the train from the city of Odense, on the central Danish island of Fyn, was heading toward the capital Copenhagen. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Danish media reported that a tarpaulin on a freight train hit the passenger train, which was going in the opposite direction, prompting it to brake suddenly. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Denmark's TV2 showed images of a freight train with the tarpaulin that covered the train torn in pieces.</span><br />''