Child dies after hotel roof collapses into swimming pool in York
The York Police Department said a child was killed when the roof of a hotel collapsed on Sunday night. Staff said they arrived at the hotel to find a boy “trapped inside the pool room under debris”. They said that person was the only one trapped and the boy was dead. Officials said they were able to evacuate the rest of the building and secure the area. The sheriff’s department said the cause of the collapse was still under investigation and the Nebraska State Fire Sheriff’s Office had been called to assist. “My deepest condolences to the friends and family of those who have passed away,” a York police press release said.
The York Police Department said a child was killed when the roof of a hotel collapsed on Sunday night.
It happens at the Hampton Inn in York just after 9pm
Staff said they arrived at the hotel to find a boy “trapped inside the pool room underneath debris”.
They said that person was the only one trapped and he died. Officials said they were able to evacuate the rest of the building and secure the area.
The police department said the cause of the collapse was still under investigation and the Nebraska State Fire Sheriff’s Office was called in to assist.
“The Police Department wishes to extend its deepest condolences to the friends and family of those who have passed away,” a York police press release said.
Officers said it was still under investigation.