4 days after the accident
Second body recovered after hotel collapse
Four days after the hotel collapse in Kröv on the Moselle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the second body has been recovered. It is the hotel owner, according to the police in Trier. The man and a woman died in the accident late on Tuesday evening. The dead woman had already been pulled out of the rubble on Wednesday.
Before the dead man could be rescued, large parts of the hotel had to be demolished. The reason: according to an expert, the building was in serious danger of collapsing. In addition, the dead man was lying in an inaccessible place.
Seven trapped people rescued from the rubble
An entire floor of the hotel in the Moselle town had collapsed. In addition to the two dead, there were seven injured people who were rescued from the rubble after hours. Among them was a two-year-old child.
Cause of the accident still unclear
An expert inspected the situation on site on Thursday. He recommended demolition in order to safely recover the deceased. The cause of the accident is still unclear. The public prosecutor's office has initiated a death investigation and commissioned the expert to find out how the accident could have happened.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Da dieser Artikel älter als 18 Monate ist, ist zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt kein Kommentieren mehr möglich.
Wir laden Sie ein, bei einer aktuelleren themenrelevanten Story mitzudiskutieren: Themenübersicht.
Bei Fragen können Sie sich gern an das Community-Team per Mail an forum@krone.at wenden.