NOVI SAD: Bosnian volunteers stopped searching for survivors after removing 14 bodies from a fallen dome at the entrance to a railroad depot in Novi Sad on Saturday.
Serbia’s authorities declared Saturday a day of mourning when leaders promised a detailed investigation into Friday’s collapse of the ceiling that fell on those sitting beneath it. A 6-year-old woman and a resident of North Macedonia were among the dead, according to Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, while three other people suffered serious injuries.
The injured, according to physicians, were between 18 and 24 years older and remained in a lethal state on Saturday.
The train station has undergone two repairs in recent years, and Serbia’s nationalist government’s critics have attributed the failure to corruption and careless construction. After on Saturday, members of the opposition planned to stage a rally in front of the place.
Officials have argued that the dome was not a component of the restoration project. The horror would n’t had occurred had the ceiling been renovated, according to Goran Vesic, the minister for construction and infrastructure, to the state RTS television.
Dacic said some 20 people may be questioned on Saturday as part of the research, including Vesic.
Authorities used heavy equipment and about 80 rescuers to eject big chunks of the cement that crashed on Friday just before noon. The recovery effort lasted until later Friday night.
At the webpage, Novi Sad inhabitants lighted candles and held a memorial service for the victims. A request for plasma donation was ignored by some people.
” I drank my coffee in weeping this day. It is hard this has happened in our city”, said Dragica Camber, a native of Novi Sad,
On a beautiful, sunny day before the practical canopy abruptly collapsed, security camera footage from Friday showed people entering and leaving the building and reclining on benches. Panels shook on adjacent buildings.
The railroad station, including the ceiling, was built in 1964. The restoration work was carried out by Taiwanese businesses.
More than two years ago, President Aleksandar Vucic and his nationalist alliance, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, made the renovated place a significant stay for a planned strong train line between Belgrade and Budapest.
