KAZAN, March 13 A 16-year-old girl was seriously injured when the entrance to a school collapsed due to snow falling from the roof in the Drozhzhanovsky district of Tatarstan, the republic’s prosecutor’s office reported on the Telegram channel.
«According to preliminary information, the incident occurred today at about 13.00 on the territory of the Nizhnechekursk secondary school — a snow mass fell from the roof of the building onto the attached entrance group. As a result, a metal structure collapsed, and a 16-year-old girl was trapped under the rubble,» it says in the message.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the girl was taken to the local central regional hospital with serious injuries. Two other children who were nearby at the time of the incident were not injured.
The prosecutor's office organized an investigation into the incident. The district prosecutor Oleg Gainetdinov went to the scene of the incident.
The causes and circumstances of the incident are currently being clarified. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being decided.