Three dead, 11 hurt in swimming pool roof collapse

A concrete roof over a swimming pool in the Ural Mountains region collapsed today, killing at least three people – including two children – and injuring 11 others, an emergency official said.

The incident occurred around at the indoor pool near the Russian city of Perm, about 750 miles east of Moscow, said Irina Andrianova, a spokeswoman for the Ministry for Emergency Situations.

She said that the collapsed roof killed two children and a woman. There were six children among 11 people taken to hospital with injuries, she said.

Rescuers were still working to lift concrete slabs out of the pool, which was owned by a metallurgical factory in the village of Chusovoi. It was unclear whether other swimmers were still trapped.