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Horror as Dutch hospital automotive park collapses

A Dutch hospital car park has collapsed with emergency services saying they are unable to rule out casualties beneath the rubble.

Part of the parking garage at St. Antony hospital in the central Dutch city of Nieuwegein collapsed last night, emergency services said. 

It was not immediately clear if any people were trapped under the rubble.

The regional security service said in a message on X that the ramps used by cars to drive between floors in the six-story building at the Saint Antonius hospital all fell.

A Dutch hospital car park has collapsed with emergency services saying they are unable to rule out casualties beneath the rubble

A Dutch hospital car park has collapsed with emergency services saying they are unable to rule out casualties beneath the rubble

Part of the parking garage at St. Antony hospital in the central Dutch city of Nieuwegein collapsed last night, emergency services said

Part of the parking garage at St. Antony hospital in the central Dutch city of Nieuwegein collapsed last night, emergency services said

Emergency services are on site at the parking garage last night

Emergency services are on site at the parking garage last night

‘All the ramps have collapsed, not the parking places,’ Kelly van Ruler, a spokeswoman for the Utrecht Security Region, told Dutch radio station NPO 1.

Van Ruler said authorities could not rule out casualties, but added that they did not immediately know of any. 

She said firefighters and other emergency services were inspecting the building to establish if it was safe to enter.

The collapse happened after regular visiting hours at the hospital. which is near the central Dutch city of Utrecht.

Several floors of the parking garage at St. Antonius hospital collapsed

Several floors of the parking garage at St. Antonius hospital collapsed

Emergency services work the scene after several floors of the parking garage at the hospital

Emergency services work the scene after several floors of the parking garage at the hospital