Tragedy in Novi Sad: 14 dead after a canopy collapse at the train station!

Tragedy in Novi Sad: 14 dead after a canopy collapse at the train station!

Novi Sad, Serbien - Novi Sad is in shock! The North Serbian city has hit a tragic accident after the canopy of the main station collapsed and the number of fatalities rose to terrifying 14. Among the dead is also a little girl aged six to seven years. The rescue work has been completed, but the grief and the shock sit deep. Dozens of people were injured, three of them fight for their lives in a critical condition. The exact causes of the devastating misfortune are still unclear and raise many questions.

The Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has asked for immediate criminal consequences and proclaimed state grants throughout Serbia for this Saturday. The tragic incident occurred on Friday afternoon when numerous people were on their way to the weekend. According to the collapse, there were reportedly many passengers on the benches under the canopy, which makes the situation even more dramatic. The station is currently being rebuilt, but the Chinese construction company made it clear that the work was not related to the canopy.

A look at the history of the station

The main train station of Novi Sad, an impressive building in the typical modernist style of the 1960s, was built in 1964 in the then socialist Yugoslavia. The city, which is located on the banks of the Danube and counts around 300,000 inhabitants, is the administrative seat of the province of Vojvodina. This misfortune not only shakes the city, but the whole country and throws a dark shadow on the ongoing construction work.