Eight killed in Serbia train station roof collapse

At slightest 2 radical were hospitalised with superior injuries aft the incidental successful the municipality of Novi Sad.

At slightest 8 radical person been killed aft a factual extortion supra the entranceway of a railway presumption successful the bluish Serbian metropolis of Novi Sad collapsed.

At slightest 2 different radical were hospitalised with superior injuries connected Friday, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said.

The curate said rescuers were successful interaction with 2 radical who were inactive trapped beneath the rubble.

“The cognition is inactive ongoing and highly challenging. Over 80 rescuers are involved, with the assistance of dense machinery,” helium added.

Ambulances and different exigency teams were dispatched to the downtown presumption and bulldozers were removing the debris looking for survivors.

Surveillance camera footage showed radical moving successful and retired of the gathering and sitting connected benches connected a bright, sunny time earlier the factual canopy abruptly collapsed connected them.

The station, successful Serbia’s second-largest city, reopened successful July aft 3 years of renovation work. Construction enactment was continuing successful parts of the station.

Dacic said the rescue cognition was “extremely hard” and that it would past for astatine slightest respective much hours.

The Blood Transfusion Institute successful Novi Sad called connected residents to donate humor pursuing the accident.

People and rescuers stitchery astatine the country of an outdoor extortion collapsed astatine a bid presumption successful Novi Sad, Serbia, Friday, November 1, 2024 [AP Photo]

Serbia’s Prime Minister Milos Vucevic promised that authorities would analyse the origin of the accident.

“We volition importune connected uncovering those responsible, those who should person ensured the structure’s safety. My condolences to the families of the deceased,” said the premier minister.

“This is simply a achromatic Friday for us, for each of Serbia, for Novi Sad,” helium added.

Serbia Railways said successful a connection that the outdoor extortion that collapsed had not been portion of the renovations completed astatine the station. It said the mishap happened astatine 11:50am section clip (10:50 GMT).

“Serbia Railways regrets the mishap that occurred, and the causes and immoderate caller details from the probe volition beryllium promptly announced,” the institution wrote successful a societal media post.

Local media said perchance dozens of radical were injured. The mayor’s bureau successful the metropolis acknowledged the incidental but did not accidental however galore were hurt.

N1 quality transmission said that bid departures were halted from the presumption astir 70km (43 miles) northwest of the superior Belgrade.