BELGRADE -- A 20-year-old student has been seriously injured during a rally to honor the victims of a deadly roof collapse last year when a car plowed through the crowd in central Belgrade.
Protesters were blocking an intersection in the Serbian capital on January 16 to demand justice for the victims and accountability for the collapse of a reconstructed concrete canopy at the Novi Sad central railway station that killed 15 people.
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According to witnesses, the female student was standing on the sidewalk when a car veered onto the curb, striking her.
Video widely circulated on social media show the car hitting the woman, who then flies up over the top of the vehicle before tumbling down the back of it.
The driver sped away but was later arrested by police. The suspect is under arrest for attempted aggravated murder.
The injured student was taken to hospital. Doctors said she was conscious and in stable condition.
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Thousands of protesters, mainly students, have protested against the collapse of the train station roof on November 1, saying it was due to corruption and poor government oversight of construction projects.
They have also called for the release of activists detained during earlier protests and an end to legal proceedings against them.
RFE/RL journalists at the protest said that, after the incident, the students were chanting "You will not trample us" as they marched toward the Prosecutor's Office.
Thirteen people, including a former government minister, have been indicted by the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad over the deadly collapse.