A worker died when a wall collapsed near the former American embassy: Photos from the construction site in Kneza Milosa street
A wall collapsed this morning around 8:30 at the construction site in the street of Knez Milos in the very center of Belgrade, and as they say from the Ambulance, a worker has died.
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- One person has died due to injuries sustained when a wall collapsed on the construction site between the streets Sarajevo and Knez Milos in Belgrade - Mirko Lutovac from ambulance told Tanjug.
As one of the residents of this area said, as soon as she heard that the accident happened, she came to the construction site. One worker (56) was buried and when they found him he was already dead.
- I have found a brother of the dead worker. As he said, he was five meters from the accident. The wall started collapsing and the worker tried to push it away with his hands. Brothers are from Kraljevo, they have no family, they rent an apartment in Mali Mokri Lug. The worker I talked to was calm, and he said that his brother survived Kosare and that there were a lot of tragedies in their family - the woman said.
As we found out, the collapsed was belongs to an object which is being constructed at the place of the former American embassy.
The street that connects Knez Milos with Sarajevo street is currently closed for traffic while the emergency response crews are at the scene, our reporter investigates. Firefighters, ambulance, and police are on the scene, and a large amount of earth is on the construction site.
Right before the wall collapsed, there was a preparation of the ground for the digging of the foundation and rough works were being done, only large reinforced walls that used to make the building of the embassy can be seen now.
The construction site is properly enclosed, and the contractor is Energogroup.
Deputy Mayor Goran Vesic came to the scene.
(Telegraf.co.uk / M.B.)
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