Mexico church collapse kills one, injures 28
- 11 years ago
A half-built church collapsed in the northern Mexican city of Juarez on Sunday, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring at least 28 people, an official said.
According to Reuters, "The semi-erected Santa Clara Catholic Church was little more than walls covered by an improvised tarpaulin roof that buckled on Sunday morning after a buildup of torrential rain, dragging the walls down onto the congregation of around 200 people, said Jesus Fernandez, the secretary of Juarez council.
"A 10-year-old boy died on his way to the hospital, while 28 others also had been hospitalized, Fernandez said.
"'It's a tragedy, an accident caused by the large amounts of rain,' he said.
"Large swaths of Mexico have been battered by intense rainfall in recent weeks, causing mass flooding, and destroying roads and bridges. The government expects the flooding to knock about 0.1 percentage point from growth this year.
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According to Reuters, "The semi-erected Santa Clara Catholic Church was little more than walls covered by an improvised tarpaulin roof that buckled on Sunday morning after a buildup of torrential rain, dragging the walls down onto the congregation of around 200 people, said Jesus Fernandez, the secretary of Juarez council.
"A 10-year-old boy died on his way to the hospital, while 28 others also had been hospitalized, Fernandez said.
"'It's a tragedy, an accident caused by the large amounts of rain,' he said.
"Large swaths of Mexico have been battered by intense rainfall in recent weeks, causing mass flooding, and destroying roads and bridges. The government expects the flooding to knock about 0.1 percentage point from growth this year.
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