It began with the collapse of the upper floors, shortly after also parts of the facade collapsed: The under construction hard rock hotel in the US city of New Orleans in the US state of Louisiana collapsed on Saturday partially. According to current information, two construction workers died in the upper floors, another is still missing. Who it is with the two dead and the missing, is not yet known.
BREAKING: 1 person is dead and several people are unaccounted for following the collapse at the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, according to @LouisianaGov pic.twitter.com/2z4UUJliBk
- David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) October 12, 2019Eighteen workers were taken to local hospitals with injuries, but 17 of them have already been discharged. The cause of the collapse on the construction site on the edge of the historic "French Quarter" is still unclear. Originally the hotel was supposed to open in the spring.
