NOVI SAD, Serbia — A concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed Friday, killing at least 14 people with more feared buried under the rubble, officials said.

Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said three people were rescued and hospitalized with serious injuries, and that the death toll could rise further. He said that for those killed, “Death occurred on the spot.”

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed in a national address that 14 people had died, including a 6-year-old girl and a citizen of North Macedonia. Vucic said five of the victims still had not been identified.

The train station has been renovated twice in recent years, and critics of the authoritarian president attributed the disaster to corruption and sloppy renovations on the part of his administration. Members of the opposition planned to protest in front of the station today.

However, Vucic said the canopy had not been part of the recent renovations.

— The Associated Press