Eight people died when the canopy of a railway station collapsed in Serbia

Eight people died when a concrete roof collapsed at a railway station in northern Serbia, said Interior Minister Ivica Dacic.

At around noon local time (11:00 GMT) at the time of the crash, people were sitting on benches under an open-air roof at the station in Novi Sad, Serbia’s second city, Serbian Radio Television (RTS) reported.

Dacic said two people were in hospital, including one man whose legs were amputated.

Rescuers were in contact with two other people, including a girl who was still under the rubble, he added.