Dutch stadium collapse: 1 dead, 14 injured

The CNN reports that according to the local officials at least one person has died and 14 are injured after part of the roof collapsed at a soccer stadium in the Netherlands Thursday.

Those injured are thought to be construction workers. In all, 16 people were injured when the roof at the southern end of the FC Twentestadium collapsed around midday, said Peter den Oudsten, mayor of the Dutch town of Enschede where the football stadium is located. Three people were treated at the scene, he said.

Sniffer dogs and cameras were used to search for anybody else still trapped under the tangle of girders and red roof panels - the color of FC Twente's shirts - behind the goal at the southern end of the Grolsch Veste stadium. By the end of the afternoon, the search was halted and Den Oudsten said emergency services were sure nobody else was trapped.

The cause of the collapse was under investigation by workplace inspectors and prosecutors. The construction work aimed to increase the stadium's capacity to 30,000 from 24,000 by adding a new tier above existing seating, sports.ndtv.com reports.