Part of the hotel collapsed. One person died and a child was trapped in the building

The incident occurred on Tuesday night, around 11 pm. in the town of Kroev in Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany. According to police, a floor of the hotel collapsed. There were 14 people in the building at the time of the accident, 5 of whom managed to escape.

“There is also a small child among those trapped in the hotel.. But at the moment he is sleeping peacefully and we are in contact with (his) parents,” a local police spokesman told the Bild daily.

As stated in a police press release, “eight people are still trapped in the building, some (suffered) serious injuries”. “Emergency services are in contact with some of them,” he added.