It's serious, he tells TT's correspondent.
He usually drives here, but today he's off. He was woken up by worried relatives and friends who called to see if he was okay. He describes the feeling of discomfort:
That's not so nice.
So far, he does not know how the colleagues who were involved in the accident have fared.
You wonder how it has affected the colleagues and the passengers. How are they doing? Did they manage to get out of the cabs?
He arrived at the accident site by bicycle on a path alongside the track. It is leafy, and the bushes have started to sprout. The sun is shining, but 20 metres away, behind the police barriers, are the trains. The emergency services and an ambulance are still on site.
Stefan Schmidt himself has been driving trains for 30 years, and he notes that serious accidents are very rare. He will take that into account when he goes to work next time.
Talking to my colleagues is the best.
Inge Nielsen lives so close to the accident site that she can see it from her property. She woke up to a helicopter flying over the area and immediately knew something serious had happened.
With that security detail, you knew that something terrible had happened. It's a beautiful day and we're in the middle of the Danish idyll, so it certainly feels strange. I'm thinking of those who were affected, says Inge Nielsen.
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