A concrete roof of a train station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed, killing at least 12 people. The number of victims may increase.
A concrete roof of a train station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, with many others still buried under the rubble.
Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said three other people were rescued and hospitalized with serious injuries and that more were feared dead. “Twelve bodies have already been recovered. Twelve people lost their lives,” Dacic said.
Ambulances and around 80 emergency crews have been sent to the city center station and machines are already clearing the rubble in search of survivors.
Surveillance camera footage showed people entering and exiting the building and sitting on benches, on a sunny day, before the concrete roof suddenly fell. The building has been recently renovated.
Dacic explained that the rescue operation was “extremely difficult” and would last a few more hours.
The Serbian government declared on November 2 [sábado] It is a day of mourning and Prime Minister Milos Vucevic considered that “this is a Black Friday for Serbia.”
Vucevic also said that the roof was built in 1964 and that an investigation has been launched to determine what happened and who could be responsible for the tragedy.
Serbia’s state railway company reported that the accident occurred at 11:50 a.m. (10:50 a.m. in Lisbon). The company clarified that the structure above the station entrance was not attacked during the recent renovation work.
Source: Observadora
