Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Dacic said that the rescue operation in Novi Sad has been completed and that the definitive balance of the accident is 14 dead and three injured.
"The rescue operation in Novi Sad has ended. The definitive balance of the accident is 14 dead and three injured," said Dacic, the Ministry of the Interior announced.
The accident at the railway station in Novi Sad happened a little before 12 o'clock when part of the canopy collapsed.
There were benches under the canopy and a large number of citizens were on them at the time of the fall.
"When we had eight victims, we knew that there were five more people under the ruins, for whom we could not establish whether they were alive or dead," Dacic said earlier today.
As he says, they did not show signs of life, and the severity of their injuries did not allow anyone to be helped.
"Death occurred on the spot," added Dačić.
According to N1, the building was renovated for the first time between 2021 and 2022, and after a few months, the renovation of the same station building started again. It was officially opened on July 5 this year.
The Government of Serbia designated Saturday, November 2 as the Day of Mourning.
A three-day mourning was declared in Novi Sad.
The Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesić, said that the canopy at the railway station in Novi Sad that collapsed was not reconstructed with the rest of the building, and that in the coming days it will be determined who is responsible for it, reports RTV.
"In the coming days, we will determine who is responsible for the fact that this part of the station has not been reconstructed and who said that it is safe. We will determine the responsibility of each person," said Vesić from the railway station in Novi Sad.
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