A parking deck collapsed onto a building in Vancouver. After a long search, a missing person was found dead.
VANCOUVER – In the Canadian Pacific metropolis of Vancouver, a parking deck fell onto an office building below. More than 30 hours after the accident, a missing person was found dead on Friday evening, the media reported.
Eight people were rescued alive from the rubble on Thursday and two of them were taken to the hospital. Most of the around 90 people who worked there at the time of the accident on Thursday were able to leave the office building without outside help, as the newspaper “The Globe and Mail” reported in its online edition, citing the rescue workers.
According to reports, the parking deck collapsed when an excavator was transporting large piles of earth there. According to broadcaster CTV News, it was initially unclear whether the maximum weight allowed for the area had been exceeded. Three cars parked in front of the building were covered in debris. A highway near the scene of the accident was partially blocked during the rescue work. dpa
