Dormitory collapsed, Hungarian student died, three seriously injured – UPDATED
The tragedy’s victim was only 17 years old. He would have celebrated his 18th birthday at Christmas.
According to index.hu, the wall of a Székelyudvarhely (Odorheiu Secuiesc) dormitory collapsed on Monday, burying a 17-year-old boy and three girls under the rubble. The girls suffered serious injuries, but the doctors could not save the boy’s life.
Dávid Sipos would have been 18 this Christmas. Now, he rests in the cemetery of Farkaslaka, in Romania.
200 sqms of the one-storey dormitory’s wall collapsed. Authorities believe a company digging down more than two metres near the wall was responsible for the tragedy. Students said that cracks appeared on the wall of the building after the work started near the wall of the student hostel. They even felt the building was moving under their feet.
Sándor László Szilveszter, the company’s CEO, is currently in custody. Based on the investigators, he commanded workers to dig down two metres near the dormitory wall even though the architect allowed only 1.1 metres.
The CEO had not been in the dormitory and did not know there were students.