A Dutch man who was severely injured in the collapse of a hotel in western Germany that left two dead has been placed in an induced coma, police said on Sunday.
“His condition isn’t good,” a police spokesman said, adding that the man was being treated in intensive care in the city of Trier.
The man was among seven people who found themselves trapped in the rubble after one floor of the multi-storey hotel in the town of Kröv, about 100 kilometres west of Frankfurt, collapsed with 14 people inside on Tuesday evening.
Two people, a 64-year-old woman and the 59-year-old hotel owner, were killed in the incident.
Five people were able to escape the site immediately, but the seven, including the Dutch man’s wife and their 2-year-old son, were only rescued after spending several hours trapped in the rubble.
Clean-up efforts continued on Sunday, with debris and rubble still being removed from the site, according to the police spokesman.
He was unable to say how long it would take to demolish the building.
The cause of the accident is still unclear. The public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation and commissioned an expert to find out how the accident could have happened.
Kröv sits on the Moselle River in one of Germany’s top wine-growing regions and is popular with holidaymakers who come to explore the lush hills.
