Disaster in Serbia
Station canopy collapses: At least eight dead
At least 13 people were killed on Friday in northern Serbia when a train station canopy collapsed in the city of Novi Sad. Numerous other people suffered injuries, reported state television RTS.
The accident occurred at midday, when many people were out and about before the weekend. The cause of the collapse is not yet known. According to media reports, the total number of injured is said to be around 30. According to Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, the evacuation work is likely to take several more hours. A large contingent of emergency services is on site.
Eyewitness: "Suddenly you could hear screams and wailing"
"Serbian media quoted eyewitnesses to the collapse, which happened shortly before 12 noon. Numerous passengers were waiting for their trains to arrive and were sitting on benches under the canopy. Suddenly there was a crash and "screams and wailing" were heard, passers-by told the news website "Blic".
Novi Sad's main railway station was built in 1964 in what was then socialist Yugoslavia, in the typical modernist style of the time. Renovation work is currently taking place there. According to reports, the canopy was not affected by the renovations. Repair and modernization work was recently completed, which, according to the TV station N1, was commissioned to two state-owned Chinese companies.
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