Serbia teen becomes 16th victim of train station roof collapse, hospital says

A drone view shows students and anti-government demonstrators lighting the flashlights of their mobile phones during a protest, which has become a national movement for change following the deadly November 2024 Novi Sad railway station roof collapse, in Belgrade, Serbia, March 15, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

BELGRADE (Reuters) - A teenager injured in the November roof collapse at a railway station in Serbia's Novi Sad died on Friday, becoming the 16th fatality linked to a disaster that has triggered a wave of mass protests and the resignation of the prime minister.

The patient, identified by the Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Belgrade only as V.C., 18, was among the three injured who were rescued from under the rubble on November 1. One of them died 16 days later, and one other remains in hospital.