A concrete roof above the doorway of a railway station within the northern Serbian metropolis of Novi Unhappy collapsed Friday, killing no less than eight individuals.
Inside Minister Ivica Dacic mentioned that no less than 4 different individuals have been hospitalized with severe accidents, whereas rescuers have established contact with two individuals, together with a lady, who’re nonetheless buried beneath piles of concrete, the BBC reported.
“I thank the rescuers, policemen, docs, technicians and nurses who’re preventing for each life, and to save lots of individuals beneath the ruins,” Dacic mentioned in a social media submit. “They’re preventing a superhuman battle.”
Ambulances and different emergency groups have been dispatched to the downtown station and bulldozers have been eradicating the particles searching for survivors.
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Surveillance digital camera footage confirmed individuals shifting out and in of the constructing and sitting on benches on a shiny and sunny day earlier than the concrete construction immediately collapsed on them. The constructing was just lately renovated.
Dacic mentioned the rescue operation was “extraordinarily arduous” and that it will final for no less than a number of extra hours.
Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic mentioned “this can be a black Friday for us, for all of Serbia.”
Vucevic mentioned that the roof was in-built 1964 and an investigation is underway to find out what occurred and who’s answerable for the tragedy.
Footage posted on social media confirmed a number of ambulances and hearth engines on the scene outdoors of the prepare station. Two excavators is also seen digging by the pile of rubble.
The Novi Unhappy Railway Station reopened in July after three years of renovation work. Development work was nonetheless ongoing in elements of the station.
A high-speed rail connection between Novi Unhappy and the capital Belgrade opened in March 2022. Â
Agence France-Presse contributed to this report.
