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Snowstorm causes 40-car pile-up in Denmark

22 Jan 2007 18:27:59 GMT
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COPENHAGEN, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The first big snowstorm of the winter brought traffic chaos to Danish roads on Monday, including a 40-car pileup on a highway south of Copenhagen.

"It's pure chaos, and that's no exaggeration. It's all because of the snowstorm and there are so many accidents that we don't really have a clear picture," Koge Police spokesman Kenneth Hojlund was quoted as saying on the the Web site of the newspaper Politiken.

The pile-up, which was the largest single incident, occurred near Koge, about 35 km (22 miles) south of Copenhagen.

Around 200 cars had to be pulled from the snow, the newspaper Berlingske said, and 700 motorists had asked for help in starting their vehicles. No serious injuries were reported.

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