A man was killed by a runaway garbage truck on a pedestrian street in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, police said.
The small two-seat electric garbage truck was being used to collect garbage on a section of the popular pedestrian street Stroget when it unexpectedly accelerated and ran into several people, killing the man while others sustained minor injuries, a police spokesman told dpa.
Witnesses said the driver was not in the vehicle when the accident occurred at around 7 pm (1700GMT). The driver and several bystanders were reported to have been shocked.
The deceased was a US tourist in his 60s, Danish television reported.
The city of Copenhagen said it would stop using the vehicles pending an investigation into the cause of the accident.
Tourist killed by runaway garbage truck
A man was killed by a runaway garbage truck on a pedestrian street in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, police said.
The small two-seat electric garbage truck was being used to collect garbage on a section of the popular pedestrian street Stroget when it unexpectedly accelerated and ran into several people, killing the man while others sustained minor injuries, a police spokesman told dpa.
Witnesses said the driver was not in the vehicle when the accident occurred at around 7 pm (1700GMT). The driver and several bystanders were reported to have been shocked.
The deceased was a US tourist in his 60s, Danish television reported.
The city of Copenhagen said it would stop using the vehicles pending an investigation into the cause of the accident.
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