At least 8 killed in roof collapse at Serbian railway station

BELGRADE, Serbia -- A actual tile supra nan entranceway of a railway position successful nan bluish Serbian metropolis of Novi Sad collapsed Friday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 8 people.

Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that astatine slightest 4 different group person been hospitalized pinch superior injuries, while rescuers person established interaction pinch 2 group who are still buried nether piles of concrete.

Ambulances and different emergency teams were dispatched to nan downtown position and bulldozers were removing nan debris looking for survivors.

Surveillance camera footage showed group moving successful and retired of nan building and sitting connected benches connected a agleam and sunny time earlier nan actual building abruptly collapsed connected them. The building was precocious renovated.

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

Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic said “this is simply a achromatic Friday for us, for each of Serbia.”

Vucevic said that nan tile was built successful 1964 and an investigation is underway to find what happened and who is responsible for nan tragedy.