In recent weeks, they peacefully blocked highways and main roads throughout the country, claiming the tax will make their livelihoods unsustainable. The new measure has drawn protests from truck drivers. Kolding is near the Storebaelt bridge.ĭanish public broadcaster DR noted that the potato spills occurred on the same day as the Danish parliament passed a law to tax diesel trucks transporting heavy loads.

One of 2 giant ducks in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor deflatesĪ third incident of potatoes on the road was reported near the town of Kolding on the Jutland peninsula. 2 miles) bridge and tunnel link between the islands of Funen, where Odense - Denmark’s third largest city - is located, and Zealand, where Copenhagen sits.

According to the Danish Road Directorate, lines of vehicles were reported on either side of the roughly 18-kilometer (11. Police said the roads had become slippery and urged drivers to drive slowly. “We are working on two hypotheses: it is either an accident or it is something that has been done deliberately.” The bridge connects the island where the capital, Copenhagen, is located to the rest of Denmark.Ī similar incident happened on the eastbound side a short time later, Tanquist added. (0435 GMT), police spokesman Kenneth Taanquist said. The driver was held on suspicion of causing reckless endangerment to life.Ī first spill was reported on the westbound side of the Storebaelt bridge at 6.35 a.m. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A 57-year-old truck driver was detained Thursday after loads of potatoes were found spilled on a key bridge linking two Danish islands, police have said.

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