Terror as wall collapses on street

Passers- by escaped injury after the wall of a rooftop restaurant collapsed on to a street in Glasgow’s west end.

The drama unfolded near a pub with outside seating yesterday when the wall at La Riviera, on Benalder Street, Partick, gave way.

Lynn Fisher, manager of nearby charity shop Sense Scotland, said: “It was so lucky there wasn’t a fatality.

“It’s helped by the fact it happened on a Saturday.

“On any other day during the week, that street would be a lot more busy because of people going in to sign on at the JobCentre next to where the collapse happened.”

Emergency ser v ices responded to calls at about 12pm and road closures and diversions were put in place.

One person was assessed a nd d i s cha r ged by paramedics but no one was taken to hospital.

A local deli owner claimed it was inevitable that the wall – which neighbours s ome three-storey tenements – would go down.

Elaine Abercromby said: “On Friday, my partner was walking past the building with the dog and noticed it looked bevelled.

“It was obvious that it wasn’t safe but it had been like that for a while.”

A Scottish Fire and Re scue Ser v ic e spokesperson said: “The restaurant was closed when the section of its roof garden wall collapsed.

Management at La Riviera did not respond to messages left with staff asking for comment.