Search for survivors halted after Serbia canopy collapse which killed 14

Rescue service workers inspect rubble at the scene of the canopy collapse (Interior Ministry of Serbia via AP/PA)
Rescue service workers inspect rubble at the scene of the canopy collapse (Interior Ministry of Serbia via AP/PA)

Serbian rescuers have stopped searching for survivors after pulling out 14 bodies from underneath concrete after a canopy collapsed at the entrance of a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad.

The government declared Saturday a day of mourning as officials promised a thorough investigation into Friday’s collapse of the roof that fell on people sitting below it.

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