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One critically injured after car hits several cyclists in Copenhagen

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Three or four people were injured when a car hit several cyclists on Østerbro in Copenhagen, police said.
  • One person was in critical condition, while police detained the driver believed to have hit the cyclists.
  • The intersection was closed and police urged road users to find alternative routes; the circumstances remained unclear.

A car hit several cyclists at a Copenhagen intersection, leaving one person in critical condition and three or four people injured, according to police.

The crash occurred at the junction of Østerbrogade and Strandboulevarden in the Østerbro district. The exact number of people involved was not immediately known.

Police said they had the driver believed to have struck the cyclists. The circumstances of the crash remained unclear. The intersection was completely blocked, and authorities asked road users to choose alternative routes.

The families of those involved had not yet been notified.

Serious traffic accident.

· Copenhagen PolicePolice used the description in a public traffic update about the crash.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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