WASHINGTON: One person died and at least 18 others were injured Saturday when the top floors of a New Orleans hotel that was under construction collapsed, officials said. The New Orleans fire department received reports at 9.12am local time that the Hard Rock Hotel in downtown New Orleans had collapsed. A portion of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction collapses in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. October 12, 2019, in this still image taken from social media video. Emergency officials are on the scene of a partial building collapse at the Hard Rock Hotel construction site downtown New Orleans, Louisiana on October 12, 2019. - One person was killed and three others were missing after a part of the Hard Rock Hotel collapsed without warning on Saturday morning.

Source: New Strait Times October 12, 2019 18:11 UTC