A boat serving as a nightclub sank in Serbia with more than 100 people on board: Video shows how people climb out of the freezing water

A boat on which a nightclub operated sank during this first morning in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. At the time of the accident There were more than 100 people on board. Some were rescued with boats and rafts, but others chose to do so jump into the water and swim towards the coast in the frozen Sava River.

Police sources confirmed this before the collapse floating disc “Kartel”several people, panicked by the noises, chose to jump headlong into the river despite the very low temperature of the water.

The first warnings reached emergency services shortly after midnight, according to a cable from the German news agency DPA.

Upon arrival, they found that the boat had begun to sink and they proceeded to evacuate all the people, until the arrival a total of 114including several minors.

“We don’t know exactly what happened because the party, which was supposed to last until half past two, was abruptly interrupted before one,” said one of the witnesses.

In a dialogue with a Serbian channel, the witness said that some security men “abruptly climbed onto the boat” and began to throw the participants out.

“People panicked and started getting off the boat, but in a disorderly way. Everyone was pushing and shouting. It was chaos,” he admitted.

In the note the young man provided the details of what happened. “To get to the ship there was a wooden bridge that collapsed. I was on the side and I heard her start creaking. Security went up there. Then it didn’t take long for the ship to sink,” she said.

Destruction due to combat, possible cause of shipwreck in Serbia

Some partygoers recorded the unusual escape. They showed how people emerged in single file, climbing onto the destroyed bridge that connected the ship to the coast. They even focused on the soaked trousers with traces of ice.

After the incident went viral, authorities are now trying to determine the cause of the accident.

The first testimonies indicated a strong fight between a group of people on the roof of the boat and this would have caused damage which would have led, according to the RTS channel, to its sinking. However, this version has not been made official.

The confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers is usually a recurring area for parties on boats moored in the port areas. And almost a year ago, at the end of 2022, another ship also sank and there were no victims.