Updated 28 Oct, 14:28
An 81-year-old motorcyclist died on Wednesday in a traffic accident east of Mejlby in East Jutland, Østjyllands Politi said in a statement. The crash took place at the intersection of Mejlbyvej and Guldbjergvang, according to Berlingske and kristeligt-dagblad.dk.
Police received a report at 11:02 about an accident between a bus and a motorcycle. The intersection was closed to through traffic in all directions while officers investigated the scene together with a car inspector. A car inspector's task is to examine serious traffic accidents and to assess how fast vehicles were driven or whether braking was carried out.
Shortly before 14:00, police said in an update on Politi Update that the intersection was passable again after investigations at the site had been completed. "Our investigations must now clarify the final sequence of events before the accident. We do not have further information in the case at this time," police wrote.
TV 2 Østjylland reported that a regional bus in service was involved in the accident. Midttrafik told the station that there were four passengers on the bus and that all of them were offered crisis help. "There were four passengers on the bus, and they have all been offered crisis assistance," said Britta Charmig, a communications consultant at Midttrafik.
She added that both the driver and the passengers were taken care of.
Mejlby is a village in East Jutland with 407 residents, located around 20 kilometres north of Aarhus. Relatives have been notified, police said.