Eight people have died and two have been hospitalized after the collapse this Friday, shortly before noon, of part of the roof of a train station in Novi Sad, Serbia’s second city, reported Ivica Dacic, the Serbian Minister of the Interior. in a televised appearance. The mayor of Novi Sad, Milan Đuric, has indicated that more than 30 people were injured. Several local media reported that, after four hours, rescuers managed to remove a 14-year-old girl from the rubble. Shortly after, they rescued a woman.
More than 300 citizens responded to the call of the Blood Transfusion Institute of Vojvodina to donate blood. “It is an extremely difficult rescue operation that will last several more hours. We have around 80 rescuers from various locations working and heavy machinery,” highlighted the Minister of the Interior.
The Serbian Government has declared Saturday, November 2, a day of mourning. Local media show images of the rescue services and the heavy machinery they operate with in the area, including two giant excavators.
Railway traffic has been suspended around Novi Sad, about 70 kilometers northwest of Belgrade, the capital.
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