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03-10-2008, 02:30 PM
Eighteen people, all students and teachers, were injured in Puerto Plata when a balcony they were watching a parade from collapsed under their weight. As reported in El Caribe, two of the students are still in intensive care and it is feared that one of the teachers could lose one of her legs as a result. According to the paper, students from the Carlos Maria Hernandez School on 27 de Febrero in Puerto Plata were watching an International Women's Day parade when the balcony collapsed as they were jumping around. Hugo Gonzalez, the provincial director of the Civil Defense office, told reporters that the injured were being treated at the Bournigal Clinic and the Jose Gregorio Hernandez Medical Center.
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