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Worker dies after Dutch stadium collapse

One person died when roof collapsed in Enschede
One person died when roof collapsed in Enschede

One person has died and 14 others have been injured after part of a roof collapsed at the FC Twente stadium in the Netherlands.

The dead and injured are construction workers who were working on the stadium roof in the eastern town of Enschede.

'It is terrible. One person has died and 14 others were injured. Ten of them were taken to hospital. Two of those are seriously injured,' said mayor Peter den Oudsten.

The mayor said the cause of the accident is not yet known.

However, Dutch media have reported that it happened when a crane drove into the structure during construction work.

Witnesses said they saw construction workers running away from the work site at De Grolsch Veste stadium as it started to collapse around noon.

'It collapsed with a huge noise like a house of cards,' said a witness who saw the incident from an office next to the stadium.